League One Round-Up: Bradford Go Top as Plymouth Fall to Huddersfield

Huddersfield had eight shots on target to Plymouth's one and took a place in the top three, while Plymouth fell from first to fourth on 19 points. It was Plymouth's second defeat in three home outings, and it came against a side that scored in the sixth minute.

Plymouth's goalkeeper Murphy Cooper made a run of saves. He dived to push away an angled drive from Derensili Sanches Fernandes in the fourth minute, and Fernandes beat him anyway two minutes later, hitting an unstoppable shot once Joe Taylor had set him up. Cooper clawed away Cameron Humphreys's chip from 20 yards, which looked bound for the top corner, and then stopped Taylor from close range and Bojan Radulovic on the rebound in quick succession.

Radulovic made it two in the 55th minute, diving to head in Bali Mumba's cross from the left. Plymouth's reply came late: the substitute Oliver Irow forced a save from Matty Young in the 71st minute, another replacement, Xavier Amaechi, tested him twice inside a minute, and Caleb Watts sent a shot just wide in the 86th.

Plymouth had 58 per cent of the ball and two corners to Huddersfield's eight, and 13 shots to 20. Tom Cleverley's reaction was captioned "We can say we've been humbled", and Martin Drury's "Very strong from start to finish". Huddersfield rise from fourth to third on 19 points from ten games. Plymouth, who have played eleven, are fourth, and they are at Stevenage on Tuesday.

Bradford moved to the top of League One with a first win for Michael Duff, whose first league game in charge was a goalless draw, and both goals came in the last 11 minutes. Antoni Sarcevic scored a penalty in the 79th minute and Will Swan added a second in the 87th, after an open game in which the shots were level at 13 each.

Stevenage almost scored inside the first 30 seconds, when Jon McCracken tipped Dan Kemp's 20-yard effort over the bar. Bradford had near misses of their own: a goalbound shot from Adam Phillips hit his team-mate Bobby Pointon and went wide, and Ibou Touray headed off target from a Phillips cross. The game settled into a contest between two teams that are hard to break down.

After the break Bradford sent on Nick Powell, Stephen Humphrys and Will Swan, all strikers. Powell headed over Matt Pennington's cross and McCracken saved from Michael Mellon, and in the 79th minute Powell reached Swan's low cross first and was tripped by the Stevenage goalkeeper Tommy Setford. Sarcevic slammed in the penalty. Eight minutes later Setford failed to claim a cut-back from Humphrys and Swan pounced on the loose ball.

Bradford had 56 per cent of the ball and nine corners to three, with two shots on target to one. They rise from second to first on 20 points, and Stevenage fall from ninth to 12th on 12. Duff's reaction was captioned "I'm really pleased", and Alex Revell's "We weren't ruthless enough". Bradford are at Burton on Tuesday.

Oxford finished their Thursday night game with nine men and still left Mansfield with a point. Luka Lynch put them ahead after 34 minutes and Michael Smith equalised for Mansfield in the 82nd, with Peter Kioso sent off for a second yellow card in the 75th minute and Gatlin O'Donkor following him in the 84th.

Lynch, an Aston Villa loanee, scored his first senior goal in his fifth appearance for Oxford, receiving the ball on the right of the box, cutting inside and bending a finish from 18 yards into the top left corner. Mansfield nearly drew level after 40 minutes, when a poor kick from the Oxford goalkeeper Jamie Cumming gave them the ball, Cumming blocked Smith's shot and Jon Russell's follow-up cleared the crossbar.

The first dismissal was the contentious one. Kioso was shown a second yellow card for simulation when he went to ground in the area, though he appeared to have been pulled back by his shirt as he closed on goal. Oxford's head coach Aaron Ramsey told Sky Sports that he disagreed with the decision and did not think Kioso had dived, while Mansfield's Nigel Clough called the first sending-off "a little bit harsh" and the second a clear one. Smith's goal came from an early cross by Stephen McLaughlin that went in off him at the near post as Cumming tried to block. O'Donkor, a substitute, was then shown a second yellow for a careless foul on Regan Hendry, and Oxford held on through seven added minutes.

Mansfield had 24 shots to six and 11 corners to three, with four on target to two. They are 13th on 12 points and have kept an unbeaten home record that goes back to February, on the night Clough drew level with Ian Greaves as the longest-serving manager in the club's history. Oxford stay eighth on 15 points, and with eight games played they have played fewer than any other club.

MK Dons recorded their first League One win of the season, and it was Aaron Collins who won it. His penalty in the 79th minute was his tenth goal in 11 appearances for the club this season, and it condemned Luton to a third defeat in four games.

Alex Gilbey, the home captain, put MK Dons ahead after 25 minutes by eluding two defenders and firing a volley past James Shea. Luton missed chances to level, Will Dennis denying Kasey Palmer and Jamie Donley, and the Dons missed chances for a second after the restart, Eli Campbell heading wide and a deflected effort from Sam Nombe stopping just short of the line. Jordan Clark equalised in the 70th minute with a shot from the edge of the area, set up by Tudor Mendel.

The winner arrived nine minutes later: George Johnston fouled Collins, and from 12 yards the club's top scorer beat Shea. Luton had 25 shots to 11, five on target to three, and 63 per cent of the ball, and still lost. MK Dons rise from 23rd to 18th on nine points, and Luton fall from 13th to 16th on 11. Gilbey's reaction was captioned "Another good goal", and the Luton captain Naismith's "Everyone's pretty down".

Peterborough's equaliser arrived in the sixth minute of stoppage time, in the first home league game of Robbie Savage's time as manager. Gbemi Arubi had put Burton ahead in the 89th minute with a strike from the halfway line, and Matt Garbett answered with a rebound to make it 2-2 at the end.

Peterborough started the way Savage would have wanted, with Owura Edwards scoring in the second minute from a Harry Leonard cross. Burton's Matthew Dennis hit a post, Carl Johnston, the Peterborough captain, wasted a golden chance, and Edwards blazed another opening over before Charlie Webster levelled with a deflected strike in the 30th minute.

Early in the second half Leonard almost punished a poor back-pass from Finn Delap, a shot from Johnston was blocked and one from Liam Kelly was saved. Arubi, on since half-time, had sent an effort wide earlier in the half before his strike from the centre of the pitch. Peterborough had 20 shots to 15, six on target each, and 55 per cent of the ball. That is five goals in two matches under Savage, and Peterborough are 19th on nine points. Burton are tenth on 13 from eleven games. Savage's reaction was captioned "I'm proud of my players".

Cambridge came from behind to win at Barnsley, and the substitute Shayne Lavery set up the equaliser and scored the winner. His pass found Ben Knight in the 52nd minute, and a minute into stoppage time he tapped in from two yards when Rogan Ravenhill's parry fell straight to him.

Barnsley should have led midway through the first half, but from five yards Cameron McGeehan could only find Jake Eastwood with his header. Rylan Brownlie then made Eastwood save sharply, and Vimal Yoganathan scored in the 41st minute, a tap-in at the far post after a scramble in the area. Knight's half volley past Ravenhill brought Cambridge level after Lavery found him unmarked in the box, and both Brownlie and Reyes Cleary had decent openings to put Barnsley back in front.

Barnsley had 24 shots to 13, six on target to five, and 58.5 per cent of the ball, with 11 corners each. Cambridge remain unbeaten away from home in League One, and have now gone nine games without defeat in all competitions. They stay fifth on 19 points. Barnsley fall from 19th to 21st on eight. Daniel Stendel's reaction was captioned "We know why we lost the game", and Neil Harris's "We Fought Tooth and Nail".

Leicester won for only the third time in the league this season, with a goal either side of half-time and a nervous finish. John Lundstram scored in first-half stoppage time, thundering in a left-footed finish after Warren O'Hora steered Louis Page's corner into his path, and Kamari Doyle added a second on the hour, a shot from the edge of the area into the top corner after he picked up a pass from Luke Thomas.

Doncaster pulled one back late on from a cross by Brandon Hanlan, in a goal the match page credits to Alfie May at 84 minutes and the report describes as a Warren O'Hora own goal in the 85th. Leicester had stuck to their policy of playing out from the back, which gave Doncaster encouragement early on.

Each side had 15 shots, with eight on target for Leicester and four for Doncaster, and Leicester had 53.5 per cent of the ball. They rise from 17th to 14th on 12 points, with pressure on Russell Martin eased for now, and Doncaster fall from 16th to 17th on nine. Martin's reaction was captioned "There was some big performances today", and Grant McCann's "Really good for 30 minutes". Leicester are at Bromley on Tuesday.

Leyton Orient won at home in the league for only the second time this season, with a header from the centre-half Will Forrester in the 31st minute and a penalty from Dane Scarlett 14 minutes from time. Forrester's goal, from Alex Gilbert's cross from the right, came against the run of play, and he then cleared a Zac Ashworth header from under his own crossbar.

Blackpool had reason to feel hard done by. Josh Bowler seemed to be pushed over by Alfie Gilchrist after 20 minutes and no penalty was given, though Bowler was booked in that minute. On the hour he cut inside with a glorious chance to equalise and skewed his shot wide as he lost his balance. The penalty that settled it came after a Joseph Olowu header had come back off the crossbar and a shot from Idris El Mizouni hit Oliver Casey's hand.

Blackpool had 62 per cent of the ball, 16 shots to 14 and 11 corners to four. They have one point from their last six league games and are 20th on eight, level with Barnsley and Bromley, who are in the bottom four on goal difference. Orient rise from 12th to ninth on 14 points. Richie Wellens's reaction was captioned "A really enjoyable day", and Ian Evatt's "Some silly mistakes".

Sheffield Wednesday scored five at Hillsborough, and AFC Wimbledon did not have a single shot on target. Wednesday had 25 shots, 11 of them on target, and 58 per cent of the ball, and the damage was done between the 38th and 45th minutes, when three goals went in.

Barry Bannan linked up with Davis Keillor-Dunn and scored with the help of a deflection in the 38th minute. Keillor-Dunn doubled it a minute afterwards after running clear through the centre, and Harry Gray added a third in the 45th with an impressive finish. Callum Slattery got the fourth in the 56th minute from a cross by Reece James from the left, and Keillor-Dunn completed his double in the 85th with a low finish from the left side of the box.

Wimbledon's best chances were two shots off target from Myles Hippolyte, one either side of the break. They are without a win in four league games and fall from 11th to 15th on 12 points. Wednesday have gone seven league games unbeaten and are sixth on 18 points, having played fewer games than the five clubs above them. Johnnie Jackson's reaction was captioned "We can't be as open as we were today!".

Stockport went second in League One on the strength of one goal from Kyle Wootton. His header in the 19th minute, from a cross by Jack Diamond from the right, was his ninth of the season and his eighth in the league, and it put the Hatters in the automatic promotion places.

It came four minutes after George Saville had nodded wide from point-blank range for Bromley. Early in the second half Jason Adigun, in his first league start for Stockport, had two good chances to make it two, and Grant Smith stopped both. In the 61st minute Smith also parried a long-range shot from Oliver Norwood, and the substitute Ethan Ennis just failed to meet a fine delivery from another replacement, Harry Wood.

Stockport had 76 per cent of the ball, 20 shots to four and six shots on target to none, and Bromley rarely threatened. Stockport rise from third to second on 19 points. Bromley, with back-to-back defeats, fall from 21st to 22nd on eight and have the worst goal difference in the division, minus 12. Jim McNulty's reaction was captioned "If Bromley scored it would've stung", and Andy Woodman's "Up against a really good team today!".

Scott Hogan's goal in the 71st minute gave Wigan only their second league win of the season, and it ended a drought of 446 minutes without a league goal. Christian Saydee's cross was parried by Joel Pereira into Hogan's path, and he scuffed it in from close range.

Wigan had the early chances, Brad Burrowes heading onto the roof of the net and forcing a good save from Pereira. The Chelsea loanee Reggie Walsh put a left-foot shot inches over just before half-time, and Burrowes sent another shot just wide after that. Joe Whitworth kept the clean sheet with stops from Kyreece Lisbie and Jamie Reid and, at the end, Josh Stokes.

Reading had 16 shots to 13 and six on target to four, and the corners were level at five. Wigan are still last, on seven points from nine games, level on points with Notts County. Reading fall from sixth to seventh on 15. Gary Caldwell's reaction was captioned "It's felt like a long time", and Leam Richardson's "Missed chances costly".

Wycombe got back to winning ways after the defeat at home to Luton a week earlier, with a goal before half-time from Jack Grimmer and another late from Fred Onyedinma. Grimmer fired in from 20 yards two minutes before the break, adding to his consolation goal against Luton, and Onyedinma headed in from a Caolan Boyd-Munce corner that Daniel Harvie flicked on, four minutes from time.

Cauley Woodrow's effort had gone over the bar before Grimmer's goal, James Belshaw tipped over Connor Taylor's header from a Boyd-Munce free-kick in the 52nd minute, and Belshaw also turned away a Josh Scowen curler in the 72nd. Notts County raised their intensity after a long spell as the weaker side, but Onyedinma's goal ended any thought of a comeback.

Wycombe had 15 shots to four, four on target to none, and 54 per cent of the ball. They rise from 15th to 11th on 13 points, the second biggest climb of the round after MK Dons. Notts County fall from 22nd to 23rd on seven, with one win in nine games. Tom Hounsell's reaction was captioned "We were outstanding in the first half", and Martin Paterson's "I just don’t think we were good enough".