Sky Bet League One round-up: Rotherham defeat Shrewsbury


Review and updated odds from Saturday's action in Sky Bet League One.

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Shrewsbury missed the opportunity to open up a gap at the top of Sky Bet League One as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to in-form Rotherham.

The leaders remain just a point above promotion rivals Wigan and Blackburn, who play in the FA Cup and league respectively on Monday.

Paul Warne's Millers, who registered a sixth successive win, took the lead just before the break following a close-range effort from Richard Wood and that goal proved enough to strengthen his side's spot in the play-offs.

Rotherham can be backed at 9/4 with Sky Bet for promotion and Shrewsbury are odds-on at 10/11 to go up.

Scunthorpe, 6/1 in Sky Bet's promotion odds, remain fifth after hitting back twice to take a point from a 2-2 draw at home to Northampton.

Chris Long's close-range header put the Cobblers in front after 13 minutes as he claimed his ninth goal of the season before Funso Ojo equalised just after the half-hour mark.

Midfielder John-Joe O'Toole headed the visitors in front for the second time after 57 minutes but they were pegged back again as Murray Wallace headed Josh Morris' free-kick home 20 minutes later.

Charlton moved into the play-offs thanks to a 2-1 victory at MK Dons with goals from Ahmed Kashi and Josh Magennis before Kieran Agard reduced the deficit as the hosts remain in trouble - just five points off the bottom.

Defender Sonny Bradley's header on the brink of half-time clinched maximum points as Plymouth edged a 1-0 victory at Oxford to sit one point off the play-offs.

Tom Anderson recorded a brace after Alex Kiwomya had scored his first goal for the club with the opener as Doncaster eased to a 3-0 win at home to Fleetwood.

It was a day to forget for Portsmouth, who suffered a 3-1 defeat away to Southend in a match where they scored an own goal and had a man sent off.

The hosts took an early lead just six minutes in as Pompey's Matt Clarke unfortunately put into his own net when attempting to clear a dangerous ball from Shayon Harrison.

Jason Demetriou doubled the Shrimpers' lead six minutes later as he fired Stephen McLaughlin's assist home from the edge of the 18-yard box.

The visitors pulled one back nine minutes before the break through Gareth Evans but they were reduced to 10 men when Nathan Thompson saw red for a high tackle and Demetriou netted his second with six minutes remaining to seal the win.

Elsewhere, AFC Wimbledon moved out of the relegation zone as a late Joe Pigott header handed them a massive 1-0 victory over Bristol Rovers and the match between Gillingham and Walsall ended goalless.

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