#match-report

#match-report

Leyton Orient extended their lead at the top of League Two to 10 points with a home win over bottom club Rochdale.Ruel Sotiriou and Idris El Mizouni netted first-half goals for the hosts to give them what appeared to be a comfortable lead but the visitors were galvanised by a strike from Danny Lloyd after the break.

Chesterfield saw their winless National League run stretch to seven games after they were held to a draw at home by Wealdstone.The visitors, fresh from Saturday's win over York, snatched the lead after 24 minutes when Micah Obiero fired home the rebound after home goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons tipped Ashley Charles' initial effort onto the crossbar.

Cheye Alexander scored the winner against his former club as Gillingham came from behind to win 2-1 at home to AFC Wimbledon.The highlight of a goalless first half came when Dons goalkeeper Nik Tzanev diverted Alex MacDonald's goal-bound effort on to the bar eight minutes into added time.But the second period was just seven minutes old when Iraqi forward Ali Al-Hamadi beat the offside trap and finished from an acute angle to put the visitors in front.

Knight was dismissed by referee Andrew Kitchen in the 54th minute after kicking out at Charlton forward Jesurun Rak-Sakyi as the pair clashed on the floor.Rak-Sakyi was hugely fortunate not to follow Knight down the tunnel, escaping with a yellow card for lashing out at Knight in retaliation.Another Peterborough player, Jack Taylor, was also booked for an initial foul on Rak-Sakyi which sparked the incident.

Danny Newton put Boreham Wood ahead in the 17th minute, lobbing Bees goalkeeper Laurie Walker after he had been denied at the first attempt in a one-on-one.Barnet thought they were level in the 70th minute when Ben Wynter headed home, but it was disallowed for offside.However, the Bees did not have to wait long as Wynter applied a good finish to a cross from the left five minutes later, and this time it stood.

Dion Charles scored the winner but was later mistakenly sent off as promotion-chasing Bolton beat bottom of the table Forest Green in League One.Top scorer Charles fired Ian Evatt's side into a sixth-minute lead with his 13th goal of the season as Wanderers sought to bounce straight back from the defeat at Derby.

In what was a feisty affair from the Emirates on Tuesday night, Arsenal eventually had to settle for a 0-0 stalemate against top-four rivals Newcastle.While the Gunners might have at least briefly extended their buffer at the top of the Premier League table to eight points, Mikel Arteta's side could be feeling that they deserved to leave north London with more to show.

Dagenham moved to the edge of the National League play-off places as Josh Walker's late goal secured a 1-0 win at struggling Maidstone.The Daggers won by the same scoreline against the Stones on Boxing Day but had to wait until six minutes from time to make the breakthrough when Walker headed in Myles Weston's cross.

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Idris Kanu headed 10-man Barnet into the second round of the FA Cup, with a 1-0 triumph at Chelmsford securing a trip to League One side Accrington.Kanu popped up in the 73rd minute to nod in Ryan de Havilland's cross minutes after substitute Sam Woods was shown a straight red card for a tough challenge on Chelmsford's Louis Dunne.

MK Dons moved into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup by comfortably seeing off fellow League One strugglers Morecambe at Stadium MK.Goals from Warren O'Hora and Matthew Dennis were enough for the Dons to progress in a second cup competition in four days, as the Shrimps offered next to nothing in reply.

In what was a heavyweight London derby on Sunday lunchtime, Arsenal laid down a real marker as they picked up a deserved 1-0 win away at Chelsea.Putting in another stellar display at Stamford Bridge and with Gabriel's second-half finish proving to be the match winner, the Gunners also found a route back to the top of the Premier League table.