BRISTOL Rovers' 3-1 victory at Walsall saw them leapfrog the Bantams and put City back into the League One drop zone.

Goals inside the first 10 minutes from Tom Lockyer and Alex Rodman put the Pirates in control and though Josh Gordon halved the deficit just before the break, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis restored the two-goal cushion in the 52nd minute.

AFC Wimbledon moved off the foot of the table after coming from a goal down to defeat fellow strugglers Plymouth 2-1.

David Fox put Plymouth ahead but Anthony Wordsworth levelled before substitute Mitch Pinnock handed Wimbledon all three points, with the Pilgrims subsequently slumping to the bottom of the standings.

Gillingham moved away from the danger area with a suprise 2-0 win at home to leaders Portsmouth.

Elliott List's long ball into the area was powerfully headed home by Josh Parker on the stroke of half-time before Callum Reilly's penalty late on settled matters.

Reilly fired his spot-kick beyond Craig MacGillivray after Jack Whatmough had clumsily fouled List in the area as the Gills completed a surprise double over Pompey this season.

The win in no way flattered Steve Lovell's men, who have moved seven points clear of the relegation zone.

Pompey's third league defeat of the season, meanwhile, leaves them looking over their shoulder after Luton closed the gap with a seventh win in a row as they saw off Stuart McCall's Scunthorpe 2-0.

Somewhat against the run of play, the Hatters took a 37th-minute lead when James Justin cut back to the edge of the box, allowing Andrew Shinnie to curl beyond Jak Alnwick.

The Scunthorpe goalkeeper was equal to Elliot Lee's bending effort five minutes after half-time but Harry Cornick scored on the rebound as the Iron suffered their sixth successive league defeat to slump to second bottom.

Rochdale, whom City visit on Saturday, moved away from trouble by beating Blackpool 2-1, with Ian Henderson scoring the winner after Oliver Rathbone's opener had been cancelled out by Michael Nottingham. Blackpool played for an hour with 10 men due to Jordan Thompson's red card.

Paddy Madden scored either side of an Ashley Hunter goal as Fleetwood thumped play-off rivals Doncaster 3-0 and Michael Kightly's header earned Southend a 1-0 win at Oxford.

Fourth-place Charlton slipped three points behind Sunderland following a 2-1 defeat at Coventry.

Former Bantam Jordy Hiwula put the hosts ahead four minutes before the interval and although Darren Pratley levelled just before the hour mark, Tom Bayliss slotted home late on for the Sky Blues.

Barnsley leapfrogged Peterborough and into fifth after a 2-0 victory over Posh at Oakwell.

Alex Mowatt opened the scoring midway through the first half while Cauley Woodrow doubled the Tykes' lead four minutes after the resumption.

Lucas Akins' brace and David Templeton's strike helped Burton come from a goal down to inflict a 3-1 defeat on Wycombe, who had gone ahead through Jake Buxton's own goal.

Goals from Jordan Clark and Billy Kee gave Accrington a 2-1 success over Shrewsbury, who scored a consolation through Ollie Norburn's penalty.