League Two Round-Up: Weekend Saturday 27/2/2016

A promising performance by Notts but ultimately another disappointment.

Here are the League Two results for the weekend:

Saturday 27th February 2016

Accrington 2–2 Barnet
Wimbledon 1–2 Oxford United
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Yeovil
Hartlepool 0–0 Northampton
Leyton Orient 2–0 Crawley
Morecambe 1–2 Carlisle
Newport 1–0 Mansfield
Plymouth 1–0 Notts County
Portsmouth 2–1 Cambridge
Stevenage 0–2 Exeter
Wycombe 1–0 Bristol Rovers
York 2–3 Luton

Today there were 5 home wins, 5 away wins and 2 draws.

League Two Update

The top four places in League Two stay unchanged.

Northampton failed to add to their 10 consecutive wins after only drawing 0–0 at lowly Hartlepool. The Cobblers have 74 points and are still 10 points clear of 2^nd placed Plymouth who are on 64 points after beating Notts 1–0. The defeat at Plymouth keeps Notts at 16^th on 39 points.

Hartlepool meanwhile drop to 22^nd with 28 points.

Oxford stay 3^rd on 61 points thanks to a 2–1 away win at Wimbledon who drop out of the play off places to 8^th on 51 points.

Accrington remain 4^th on 56 points after conceding a 90 minute equaliser and ending 2–2 against Barnet who stay 15^th on 40 points.

Portsmouth's 2–1 win over Cambridge lifts them to 5^th sharing 52 points the same as 6^th placed Wycombe and 7^th placed Leyton Orient.

Cambridge however drop to 12^th with 47 points.

Wycombe climb to 6^th but send Bristol Rovers down to 10^th on 50 points after beating them 1–0 while Leyton Orient's 2–0 win over Crawley sees the latter remain 17^th and on 38 points.

Newport's late goal gave them a 1–0 win against Mansfield and lifts them to 19^th on 34 points but the Stags slip to 9^th with 51 points, the same as Wimbledon who have two games in hand.

Carlisle have still played only 31 games and move up to 11^th with 49 points after winning 2–1 away at Morecambe who remain 18^th with 36 points.

Luton and Exeter both won away but remain 13^th and 14^th respectively sharing 44 points. Luton's last gasp extra time goal gave them a 3–2 win at York who are still 23^rd on 26 points.

Exeter's 2–0 away win at Stevenage sees the latter remain 20^th on 34 points.

Yeovil came out on top in the basement battle winning 1–0 away at Dagenham & Redbridge.

Yeovil lift themselves to 21^st and on 29 points but add to Dagenham & Redbridge's plight at the very bottom of League Two on 20 points.

Notts slip to 15^th and are now 13 points away from the play offs, while the gap to the bottom end has dropped to 13 points.

Upcoming fixtures

Tuesday 1^st March 2016

Barnet v Plymouth
Bristol Rovers v Hartlepool
Cambridge v Wycombe
Carlisle v Leyton Orient
Crawley v Newport
Exeter v Portsmouth
Luton v Morecambe
Northampton v Wimbledon
Notts County v Dagenham & Redbridge
Oxford United v York
Yeovil v Accrington

Can Jamie Fullarton's Notts follow up the encouraging performance away at 2^nd placed Pymouth with a much needed home win against bottom club Dagenham & Redbridge?

Find all the latest content from our site and growing community, you can bookmark our 'activity stream'.