Steve Evans made a winning start in charge of Peterborough with a 4-1 win against fellow League One play-off hopefuls Charlton.
Andrew Hughes, a Marcus Maddison penalty and two late goals for Jack Marriott helped Peterborough leapfrog their League One opponents.
Michal Zyro had pulled a goal back for the visitors who saw Josh Magennis miss a penalty at 1-0 down.
The opener came a minute before half-time when a cleared free-kick fell to Joe Ward on the left. The winger crossed to the back post where Hughes side-footed in.
Charlton had a great chance to equalise in the 54th minute when Peterborough defender Liam Shephard was penalised for a shove on Magennis inside the box, but the striker's penalty went wide of the left-hand post.
Five minutes later Maddison showed Magennis how it should be done to make it 2-0, the Posh winger slotting his penalty down the middle after he had been tripped by left-back Naby Sarr.
The visitors did pull a goal back when Zyro flicked in fellow substitute Ben Reeves' right-wing cross, but Marriott converted Danny Lloyd's pass nine minutes from time to make it 3-1.
Marriott then headed in his 27th goal of the season from a Jermaine Anderson cross three minutes later to complete the scoring.
English League One Standings
POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lincoln City | 23 | +16 | 48 |
2 | Hull City | 24 | +18 | 45 |
3 | Peterborough United | 23 | +15 | 43 |
4 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | +16 | 42 |
5 | Portsmouth | 23 | +17 | 41 |
6 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | +6 | 40 |
7 | Sunderland | 23 | +13 | 39 |
8 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | +6 | 36 |
9 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | +2 | 36 |
10 | Ipswich Town | 22 | +2 | 35 |
11 | Oxford United | 22 | +6 | 34 |
12 | Gillingham | 24 | 0 | 33 |
13 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | -6 | 33 |
14 | Fleetwood Town | 24 | +7 | 31 |
15 | Blackpool | 22 | +2 | 31 |
16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | -1 | 28 |
17 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | -5 | 24 |
18 | Rochdale | 24 | -9 | 23 |
19 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | -11 | 23 |
20 | Northampton Town | 23 | -18 | 23 |
21 | AFC Wimbledon | 24 | -17 | 22 |
22 | Swindon Town | 24 | -18 | 21 |
23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | -19 | 21 |
24 | Burton Albion | 24 | -22 | 16 |
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