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League One round-up: Luton, Barnsley and Sunderland all win

Top four of Luton, Barnsley, Sunderland and Portsmouth all win on Saturday afternoon.

Mick Harford's Luton recorded another impressive win to further stretch their lead at the top of League One.
Image: Mick Harford's Luton beat Rochdale 2-0 on Saturday

Luton kept up the pace at the top of League One with a 2-0 home win over Rochdale, who finished with 10 men.

Danny Hylton broke the deadlock with a close-range finish after 59 minutes. Rochdale saw midfielder Ethan Hamilton dismissed for a second caution with five minutes left, and James Collins added a second for the Hatters in stoppage time.

Second-placed Barnsley saw midfielder Jacob Brown sent off late in the first half, but still ran out 3-0 winners at Southend as they remain five points behind the leaders.

Sunderland stay third after a 2-0 home win over Plymouth, with goals in each half from Lee Cattermole and George Honeyman.

Portsmouth recorded a first league win since January 1 with a 5-1 trashing of managerless Bradford at Fratton Park.

Play-off challengers Doncaster and Charlton drew 1-1 at the Keepmoat Stadium. Peterborough moved level with sixth-placed Rovers on 55 points after beating Wycombe 4-2.

Relegation-battlers Bristol Rovers boosted their survival hopes with a 4-0 win over Blackpool with a hat-trick from Jonson Clarke-Harris at the Memorial Stadium.

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Fellow strugglers Oxford made it two wins from two as they beat Scunthorpe 2-1 at home. Jerome Sinclair scored twice in the second half, with George Thomas grabbing a stoppage-time consolation for the visitors.

Coventry won 1-0 at Accrington thanks to Bright Enobakhare's second-half effort.

Burton drew 0-0 at home against Walsall, while it was also goalless between Shrewsbury and bottom club AFC Wimbledon.

James Husband scored a free-kick in stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Fleetwood against Gillingham, who had taken the lead through Tom Eaves with just seven minutes left.

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