Peterborough went top of League Two after a goal in each half by Dean Keates and Jamie Day sunk 10-man Barnet 2-0 at Underhill.

Posh have now racked up six straight wins and have not conceded in more than seven hours of play, but their cause was given a helping hand after Jason Puncheon was sent off for kicking the ball at an assistant referee.

The visitors took the lead after 32 minutes as Keates' wicked free-kick beat Rob Beckwith in the Barnet goal.

Two minutes later and Puncheon had a moment of madness and Day almost doubled Peterborough's lead four minutes later when he curled a superb 20-yard free-kick against the woodwork.

But in a carbon-copy situation, the midfielder went one better when he found the top corner to seal the points in injury time.

Darlington kept their promotion dreams alive thanks to Pawel Abbott's first-half goal as they beat managerless Chester 1-0.

But the lowly Blues - who sacked manager Bobby Williamson on Sunday after a run of just one win in 14 games - made the Quakers fight all the way for the points.

Darlington took the lead in the 27th minute when Abbott headed in a right-wing cross from Julian Joachim that looped over the despairing dive of City keeper John Danby.

Bury withstood a second-half Brentford fightback to record a fine 4-1 win at Griffin Park.

The relegation-threatened visitors profited from a shambolic defensive display in the first half to open up a three-goal lead and held on after the break before adding a fourth late on.

Nicky Adams opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Glynn Hurst added a second 90 seconds later.

Andy Bishop lofted the ball in from 30 yards for the third only for Glenn Poole to pull one back for the home side from the penalty spot when Efe Sodje was penalised for handball.

But Bishop wrapped the game up with seven minutes left when he picked up an Adams pass and lifted the ball over Hamer and into the corner.

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