Peterborough 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday

🏟️ Weston Homes Stadium

A Josh Feeney own goal gave Sheffield Wednesday a half-time lead, but Peterborough levelled through Benjamin Woods two minutes after the restart. Yan Valery struck the decisive goal 11 minutes from time, continuing Wednesday’s habit of winning by the odd goal away from home. Sheffield Wednesday have now taken 12 points from five games and three successive wins; Peterborough remain on four points and have gone three without a win.

⚽ Goals: Josh Feeney (38′ og), Benjamin Woods (47′), Yan Valery (79′)

Key Moment: Valery’s 79th-minute winner settled a game Peterborough had just dragged level.

What It Means: Wednesday continue a strong start; Peterborough’s early-season momentum has stalled.

Wigan 0–4 Stockport County

🏟️ The Brick Community Stadium

A 10th-minute Kyle Wootton goal set the tone and Stockport effectively ended the contest before half-time as Harry Wood and Jack Diamond scored within two minutes of each other around the 20-minute mark. Ryan Glover added a fourth in the 90th minute. Wigan had beaten MK Dons in their previous match, but that result now looks like an outlier in a season of four defeats from five, leaving them on three points. Stockport’s second big away win of the season, after their 3-1 at Plymouth, lifts them to nine points and reasserts their alternating pattern of heavy wins and defeats.

⚽ Goals: Kyle Wootton (10′), Harry Wood (19′), Jack Diamond (21′), Ryan Glover (90′)

Key Moment: Diamond’s goal two minutes after Wood’s put Stockport 3-0 up inside 21 minutes and removed any doubt.

What It Means: Wigan’s home defeat underlines how quickly the MK Dons win faded; Stockport remain a high-variance side with three wins already.

Doncaster 2–3 Plymouth

🏟️ Eco-Power Stadium

Will Evans’ first-half goal put Plymouth ahead, but Alfie May’s 51st-minute penalty drew Doncaster level. Plymouth then pulled away: Aribim Pepple restored the lead in the 74th minute and Caleb Watts added a third nine minutes later. Sean Grehan’s stoppage-time goal made the scoreline respectable but Doncaster are still winless after five matches and have now lost a game they had fought back into. Plymouth, who had lost at Leicester last time out, banked three points on the road to move to seven, with Evans and Pepple providing the end product that had been absent in recent weeks.

⚽ Goals: Will Evans (28′), Alfie May (51′ pen), Aribim Pepple (74′), Caleb Watts (83′), Sean Grehan (90+5′)

Key Moment: Pepple’s 74th-minute goal after Doncaster had equalised swung the match back toward Plymouth and allowed them to dictate the closing stages.

What It Means: Doncaster’s wait for a first win continues; Plymouth’s away success gives them seven points and renewed confidence.

Reading 3–1 Blackpool

🏟️ Select Car Leasing Stadium

George Earthy’s early goal set Reading on their way and K. Lisbie doubled the lead shortly after half-time. Leighton Clarkson gave Blackpool brief hope with an 80th-minute finish, but Jacob Brown restored the two-goal cushion in stoppage time. Reading’s second successive home win, after the 5-0 over Mansfield, leaves them with seven points from four matches. Blackpool have now lost two in a row after a promising start and have conceded three in consecutive away games; Ian Evatt’s side looked short of the intensity that defined their opening weeks.

⚽ Goals: George Earthy (12′), K. Lisbie (49′), Leighton Clarkson (80′), Jacob Brown (90+4′)

Key Moment: Lisbie’s goal four minutes after the restart doubled Reading’s lead and forced Blackpool into a chase they never sustained.

What It Means: Reading are building home form; Blackpool’s early progress has stalled with back-to-back defeats.

Bradford 1–0 Mansfield Town

🏟️ Valley Parade

Antoni Sarcevic’s 18th-minute goal stood up through more than 70 minutes of defending. Bradford ended a run of two defeats and moved to nine points; they led from the 18th minute and had to protect a one-goal lead late on, leaving Nigel Clough’s side with nothing. Mansfield have now lost back-to-back games and are making a habit of conceding first.

⚽ Goals: Antoni Sarcevic (18′)

Key Moment: Sarcevic’s 18th-minute goal gave Bradford a lead they protected for the remaining 72 minutes.

What It Means: Bradford bounced back from two defeats; Mansfield’s inconsistency leaves them on six points and facing questions in attack.

Leicester 0–4 Oxford United

🏟️ King Power Stadium

Mark Harris opened the scoring inside eight minutes and completed his brace on the hour after Mo Missanga had doubled the lead in the 57th minute. Jamie McDonnell added a fourth late on as Oxford ran through a passive Leicester side. For Leicester, the defeat follows a 2-0 home win over Plymouth and keeps them on five points through five games, but the manner of it was more striking than the scoreline: Russell Martin’s side offered little before or after the interval. Oxford, with seven points from four matches, produced the round’s most complete away performance.

⚽ Goals: Mark Harris (8′), M. Missanga (57′), Mark Harris (60′), Jamie McDonnell (77′)

Key Moment: Missanga’s goal in the 57th minute put Oxford two up.

What It Means: Leicester’s season remains unconvincing; Oxford’s away win moves them to seven points.

Luton 1–1 Leyton Orient

🏟️ Kenilworth Road

Jamie Donley’s 25th-minute goal gave Luton a lead they held for only nine minutes before Jaze Kabia equalised. The scoring ended there, with the afternoon becoming a study in two sides protecting a point rather than forcing a winner. Luton have now drawn two of five league games and sit on eight points; their habit of falling back after taking leads is becoming a recurring theme. Leyton Orient’s point leaves them on seven, and while they have now taken four from their last two, their away form still looks short of the standard set in the 5-0 win at Bromley.

⚽ Goals: Jamie Donley (25′), Jaze Kabia (34′)

Key Moment: Kabia’s quick response after Donley’s opener halted Luton’s momentum and prevented them building on a bright start.

What It Means: Luton remain hard to read; Leyton Orient take a useful point but need more on the road.

Burton Albion 2–2 Cambridge United

🏟️ Pirelli Stadium

Finn Delap’s 19th-minute opener put Burton ahead, but Gassan Ahadme levelled two minutes before half-time and then gave Cambridge the lead after 65 minutes. Curtis Tilt forced a 90th-minute equaliser to earn Burton a point and stretch their unbeaten run to two. Cambridge have now drawn two of three away games and sit on eight points, one ahead of Burton; the late lapse will annoy them after controlling much of the second half. Burton remain harder to beat than their early fixtures suggested but are yet to turn draws into wins.

⚽ Goals: Finn Delap (19′), Gassan Ahadme (43′), Gassan Ahadme (65′), Curtis Tilt (90′)

Key Moment: Ahadme’s second goal midway through the second half looked to have won it for Cambridge until Tilt intervened late.

What It Means: Burton’s late equaliser masks another game where they failed to hold a lead; Cambridge will rue dropping two points.

Huddersfield 1–1 Notts County

🏟️ Accu Stadium

Marcus Harness put Huddersfield ahead after 12 minutes but Oliver Cooper levelled 11 minutes later. The hosts pressed for a second but could not find one, leaving them with a second draw of the league season and 11 points from five unbeaten games. Notts County remain unbeaten as well, with four draws from five, and their ability to take points off unbeaten sides is not accidental. Both sides finished the afternoon with their records intact but little clarity about their ceilings.

⚽ Goals: Marcus Harness (12′), Oliver Cooper (23′)

Key Moment: Cooper’s equaliser midway through the first half forced Huddersfield to chase a game they had started brightly.

What It Means: Huddersfield remain unbeaten but drop home points; Notts County’s draw habit keeps them in the picture.

Barnsley 1–5 Stevenage

🏟️ Oakwell

Cameron McGeehan’s 17th-minute penalty gave Barnsley the start they wanted, but Oliver Sanderson levelled before half-time and Stevenage cut loose after the break. Daniel Kemp scored twice, Terence Vancooten added another, and Michael Mellon completed the scoring in stoppage time. Stevenage’s first win of the season leaves them on six points and suggests their run of three draws had been underselling them. Barnsley have now lost two of three at home and shipped five in a single afternoon, a sobering return to earth after two recent wins.

⚽ Goals: Cameron McGeehan (17′ pen), Oliver Sanderson (43′), Daniel Kemp (52′), Terence Vancooten (57′), Daniel Kemp (66′), Michael Mellon (90+2′)

Key Moment: Sanderson’s 43rd-minute equaliser just before the interval changed the game; after that, Stevenage’s movement overwhelmed Barnsley.

What It Means: Stevenage finally have a win to go with their draws; Barnsley’s defensive structure collapsed in a way that will alarm their coaching staff.

Bromley 0–2 AFC Wimbledon

🏟️ Hayes Lane

Jayden Stockley’s eighth-minute goal put Wimbledon in control and Myles Hippolyte’s 67th-minute finish made the points safe. Bromley’s third consecutive defeat leaves them on four points and still searching for the resilience that had earned an opening-day win at Barnsley. Wimbledon’s first away victory of the season moves them to seven points and provides a swift response to the heavy defeat at Burton Albion. The hosts had spells of pressure but rarely looked like breaking through a defence that protected its early lead comfortably.

⚽ Goals: Jayden Stockley (8′), Myles Hippolyte (67′)

Key Moment: Stockley’s early goal forced Bromley to chase a deficit they have repeatedly struggled to overturn this season.

What It Means: Bromley’s early-season optimism has evaporated during a run of three defeats; Wimbledon are back among the points.

⭐ Match of the Round: Wycombe 3–3 Milton Keynes Dons

🏟️ Adams Park

A two-goal lead dissolved in four minutes inside the second half at Adams Park, leaving Wycombe still without a win after five matches. Dan Casey’s 11th-minute opener and Ewan Henderson’s 31st-minute finish gave the hosts a comfortable half-time cushion, but Aaron Collins began the recovery six minutes after the restart. Callum Paterson and Curtis Nelson then turned the game on its head with quickfire goals, putting MK Dons 3-2 up before Jayden Wareham’s 74th-minute equaliser rescued a point for Wycombe. Michael Duff’s side have now drawn three of five, while MK Dons remain winless too but will take heart from a comeback that at one stage promised a first victory. The game was better entertainment than it was coherent, and both defences will attract scrutiny.

⚽ Goals: Dan Casey (11′), Ewan Henderson (31′), Aaron Collins (51′), Callum Paterson (55′), Curtis Nelson (59′), Jayden Wareham (74′)

Key Moment: The eight-minute burst from Collins, Paterson and Nelson between the 51st and 59th minutes turned Wycombe’s two-goal lead into a 3-2 deficit.

⭐ Player of the Week: Mark Harris (Oxford United)

Harris scored twice in Oxford’s 4-0 win at Leicester, opening the scoring inside eight minutes and adding a second on the hour. He gave Oxford a platform for a 4-0 away win — one of three four-goal away margins in the round.

🎯 Goal of the Week

Jayden Wareham (Wycombe) vs Milton Keynes Dons — Wareham’s 74th-minute equaliser capped a six-goal game and denied MK Dons a first win after they had overturned a two-goal deficit.

⚽ League One Top Scorers

👀 Key Fixtures Next Week

• Stevenage vs Luton (Thu 10 Sep 20:00)
• Leyton Orient vs Wycombe (Sat 12 Sep 12:30)
• Notts County vs Bradford (Sat 12 Sep 12:30)
• Cambridge United vs Reading (Sat 12 Sep 15:00)
• AFC Wimbledon vs Doncaster (Sat 12 Sep 15:00)
• Mansfield Town vs Huddersfield (Sat 12 Sep 15:00)
• Oxford United vs Burton Albion (Sat 12 Sep 15:00)
• Stockport County vs Leicester (Sat 12 Sep 15:00)

🔮 Predictions Review

Correct Results: 4/12

Correct Scores: 0/12

Model Record: 18/47 (38.3%) this season (since 2026-08-03)

Best Call: The model’s best call was Bradford City to beat Mansfield Town, a 55.9% home pick that landed in a 1-0 win.

Worst Call: The worst miss was Barnsley vs Stevenage, where a 61.7% home pick was blown away by Stevenage’s 5-1 away win.

The model leaned heavily on home advantage, picking hosts in ten of twelve games, which backfired as six away sides won and several expected home wins finished level, leaving the cumulative record at 18 hits from 47 settled fixtures.

📚 Five Things We Learned

1. Sheffield Wednesday are winning without being convincing; the 2-1 at Peterborough was their third away victory by that scoreline.
2. Stevenage’s 5-1 at Barnsley reset expectations, as their first win arrived with the kind of end product three draws had hidden.
3. Oxford United’s 4-0 at Leicester came through Mark Harris’s brace and a goal apiece for Mo Missanga and Jamie McDonnell.
4. Wycombe and Milton Keynes Dons are still waiting for wins, but their 3-3 draw showed two teams with attacking ideas and defensive flaws.
5. The model’s home-heavy predictions failed in a round where six away sides won, a reminder that League One early-season home advantage is not a given.