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 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | +14 | 40 |
2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | +15 | 36 |
3 | Peterborough United | 19 | +17 | 32 |
4 | Blackpool | 19 | +7 | 32 |
5 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | +3 | 31 |
6 | Coventry City | 19 | +3 | 31 |
7 | Oxford United | 18 | +18 | 30 |
8 | Rotherham United | 19 | +11 | 30 |
9 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | +7 | 29 |
10 | Portsmouth | 18 | +8 | 28 |
11 | Sunderland | 18 | +4 | 26 |
12 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | -3 | 25 |
13 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | +7 | 24 |
14 | Gillingham | 19 | +1 | 24 |
15 | Burton Albion | 18 | +1 | 24 |
16 | Rochdale | 20 | -11 | 22 |
17 | Lincoln City | 18 | -2 | 21 |
18 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | -4 | 19 |
19 | AFC Wimbledon | 19 | -7 | 17 |
20 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | -11 | 17 |
21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | -14 | 14 |
22 | Southend United | 20 | -37 | 6 |
23 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | -27 | 2 |
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