EFL League 1 Round-Up: Tangerines swipe points Off Addicks

Portsmouth 2 : 0 Southend

Portsmouth’s 1st half performance over Chris Powell’s Southend United was enough for them as they opened up a six point gap at the top of the League 1 table in the days league action.

The league leaders came into this off the news they would be playing the Shrimpers at Roots Hall in the EFL Trophy 3rd Round next month following their 2-1 victory over Arsenal Under 21’s on Tuesday night. A Michael Turner own goal and a strike from Jamal Lowe secured the points in the first half at Fratton Park of which 18,062 people attended the game this weekend.

Blackpool 2 : 1 Charlton Athletic

Blackpool managed to take another scalp off a southern side in the form of Charlton Athletic at Bloomfield Road Stadium this weekend as they won 2-1 which ultimately saw the hosts drop out of the play-off places.

Armand Gnanduillet opened the scoring for the hosts after 16 minutes before Joe Aribo equalised for the visitors 10 minutes into the 2nd half. Nathan Delfouneso scored the winner in the 88th minute to win the 3 points for the Tangerines.

Elsewhere, Sunderland were held 1-1 by Accrington Stanley which means they remain in 2nd place on goal difference over Luton Town who won 2-0 against Fleetwood Town.

Bristol Rovers were defeated 4-0 at the Memorial Stadium by Doncaster Rovers which means they take 6th place following Charlton’s defeat to Blackpool.

Barnsley followed up their defeat to Manchester City Under 21’s in the EFL Trophy during midweek with another defeat as they lost 1-0 at Wycombe Wanderers this weekend whilst Peterborough United drew 2-2 with Oxford United at London Road.

At the bottom end of the table, the clash between Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City ended 3-3 at Home Park. The visitors were leading 2-1 at half time before the Pilgrims came back to finish the game 3-3. Freddie Ladapo and Jack Payne managed to score two goals apiece for Plymouth and Bradford during the game.

Walsall came back from being 1-0 down at half time to overcoming Coventry City 2-1 at the Bescot Stadium whilst Gillingham were 2-0 winners at Scunthorpe United and Burton Albion were 2-1 winners over Shrewsbury Town.

To conclude, AFC Wimbledon managed a 1-1 draw with Rochdale at Kingsmeadow. Calvin Andrew scored for the visitors in the 36th minute before Andy Barcham equalised for the Dons in the 71st minute to share the points.

Here are the complete list of results from this weekend:
Accrington Stanley (0) 1-1 (0) Sunderland
AFC Wimbledon (0) 1-1 (1) Rochdale
Blackpool (1) 2-1 (0) Charlton Athletic
Bristol Rovers (0) 0-4 (2) Doncaster Rovers
Burton Albion (1) 2-1 (0) Shrewsbury Town
Luton Town (1) 2-0 (0) Fleetwood Town
Peterborough United (1) 2-2 (1) Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle (1) 3-3 (2) Bradford City
Portsmouth (2) 2-0 (0) Southend United
Scunthorpe United (0) 0-2 (0) Gillingham
Walsall (0) 2-1 (1) Coventry City
Wycombe Wanderers (0) 1-0 (0) Barnsley