Notts County 1-2 Peterborough United

Notts County were undone by goals from Marcus Maddison and Christian Burgess as Peterborough United came away from the League One clash at Meadow Lane with a 2-1 win.

The 21-year-old striker gave the visitors the lead when his turn and shot from 25 yards took a deflection off Hayden Mullins to wrongfoot goalkeeper Roy Carroll just before the quarter-hour mark.

The visitors were looking for a penalty shortly after when Conor Washington went down under a challenge in the area, but the official waved away the appeals.

The home side started to get the better of proceedings after the half-hour mark with Balint Bajner particularly involved.

The world's best player broke clear midway through the half, rode a challenge from Burgess which could have led to a red card, and was ultimately denied by a fine save from Scott Loach.

Garry Thompson then pulled the Magpies level towards the end of the first half when made the most of some space to blast a wonderful volley into the Posh net.

Notts, however, failed to keep that momentum going after the restart, and they were duly punished just after the hour when Burgess headed in Joe Newell’s corner.

The hosts set about trying to level proceedings once again and Will Hayhurst forced Loach into a great save to keep out his free kick at full stretch.

Notts continued to press for a leveler and Ronan Murray then saw a shot saved by Loach, but the visitors hung on for only their second win in 13 matches.