The gap to safety stetches to six points, with Crewe and Leyton Orient both winning. Orient beat Brighton, who gave debuts to five loan signings, 2-1 to move up to the safety of 20th place and drop Swindon into the bottom four after the Robins drew 1-1 with MK Dons. Yeovil tried to move clear of danger, but conceded a late equaliser to finish 1-1 with Carlisle. Northampton remain in danger after a 1-1 draw with Tranmere.
At the top Leicester recorded a resounding 4-0 win over sorry Cheltenham. Peterboro open up a three point gap in second after winning 2-1 at Hartlepool. Millwall move up to fourth after a 2-1 win at Huddersfield. Oldham slip down after losing 1-0 to Colchester. Scunthorpe take the final play-off place from Leeds after the Irons beat Stockport 2-1, while Leeds conceded a late equaliser to only get a point with a 2-2 draw at Bristol Rovers. In the other match, Southend beat Walsall 2-0.
Bottom of League One:
17 Northampton 33 -1 38
18 Yeovil 34 -16 38
19 Crewe 34 -17 37
20 Leyton Orient 35 -15 36
21 Swindon 34 -8 35
22 Brighton 33 -16 32
23 Hereford 32 -17 30
24 Cheltenham 34 -39 22
In League Two Brentford remain four points clear after both they and Wycombe drew their matches. Bury beat Rochdale 2-1 to go third. Shrewsbury beat Notts County 3-2 to remain in touch with the play-offs. Chester are 14 games without a win after losing 3-1 at Barnet. They are now just two points from the drop zone after Grimsby's hammering of local rivals Lincoln pulled them back out of the mire at Bournemouth's expense.
In the Conference Burton lost 2-0 to Cambridge, who move second, with the gap now eleven points. Kidderminster slip to tenth after a goalless draw at Salisbury. Forest Green drew 3-3 with Oxford, while Lewes made it 13 straight losses with a 1-0 loss at Mansfield.

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