Midweek

POMPEY PRESS ON AT SUMMIT

by
The LeaguePaper Team
6 January 2019

LEAGUE ONE
PACESETTERS Portsmouth extended their lead at the top of the table to five points with a 2-1 win against AFC Wimbledon at Fratton Park.
Jamal Lowe and Ronan Curtis struck for Pompey to make Kwesi Appiah’s long-range screamer for the Dons ir relevant.
Second-placed Luton and fourth-placed Bar nsley played out a goalless draw, while Josh Maja earned third-placed Sunderland a 1-0 victory at Blackpool.
Goals from Karlan Grant and Lyle Taylor (pen) in the opening ten minutes helped Charlton climb to fifth with a 2-1 win against Walsall (Andy Cook).
Doncaster roared into the play...

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