EFL League Two REVIEW 26 Sep 2026: Salford City's 4-1 at Boundary Park is the day's biggest surprise as Bristol Rovers make it eleven home wins in a row

Ten League Two fixtures were played on Saturday 26 September, two of them postponed. Home advantage held in seven of the ten, three of the day's games finished level, and the day's biggest scoreline came at Boundary Park.

Bristol Rovers made it eleven straight home league wins, a club record, beating Exeter City 1-0 at the Memorial Stadium. Fabrizio Cavegn settled it in the 66th minute, turning home a flicked-on long throw from Kofi Balmer. Bristol Rovers had been favourites in our consensus.

Cheltenham Town beat Chesterfield 2-1. Charlie McCann and Andreas Weimann scored either side of half-time, and Louie Marsh's reply four minutes into the second half was not enough. Our consensus had favoured Cheltenham.

Fleetwood Town lost 2-1 at home to Rochdale, a result our consensus had not expected. Dajaune Brown and Aden Flint put Rochdale two up inside the first quarter of an hour, and Mark Helm's reply on 30 minutes was as close as Fleetwood came. Rochdale finished the match with ten men after a second yellow card in the closing stages but held on.

Newport County beat Grimsby Town 2-1. Christian Doidge and Shaquille Gwengwe scored either side of the hour mark, and Grimsby's goal was an own goal from Jordan Wright late on. Newport had not been favourites in our consensus, so the result went against it.

Rotherham United and Crewe Alexandra drew 1-1. Dominic Iorfa headed a Joe White corner into his own net in the 21st minute, and Paul Mullin equalised for Rotherham right on the stroke of half-time. It was Crewe's sixth straight league draw. Our consensus had favoured Rotherham; the draw split the difference.

Shrewsbury Town and Colchester United shared four goals in a match settled in stoppage time both ways. Moses Sesay put Colchester ahead in the 19th minute, Luca Hoole levelled before the break, and Isaac Fletcher put Shrewsbury 2-1 up two minutes into added time, only for Sesay to equalise three minutes later with the last kick of the game. Our consensus had favoured Shrewsbury; the draw split the difference.

Swindon Town and Accrington Stanley drew 1-1. Josh Woods scored inside the first minute for Accrington, and Joseph Hungbo levelled for Swindon in the 31st minute. Swindon manager Ian Holloway said afterwards that his side is dealing with a run of injuries. Our consensus had favoured Swindon; the draw split the difference.

Tranmere Rovers led Walsall for eighteen minutes before conceding a stoppage-time equaliser. Bobby Faulkner headed Tranmere in front in the 73rd minute, and Reece Smith levelled in the first minute of added time to make it 1-1. Our consensus had favoured Walsall; the draw split the difference.

York City beat Gillingham 3-0. Joe Grey scored inside two minutes, and Jovan Malcolm and Ollie Pearce added goals in the closing stages either side of a Gillingham red card. Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth said the sending-off was the turning point: "we were right in the game then until Zane gets his red card." York City had been favourites in our consensus.

Oldham Athletic's heaviest defeat of the visit list came against Salford City, who won 4-1 at Boundary Park for their first away win of the season. Luke Molyneux, Kelly N'Mai and Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu scored either side of half-time before Adebola Oluwo completed the scoring late on; Calum Kavanagh's reply was Oldham's only goal. Oldham had been favourites in our consensus, so the scale of the loss was the day's biggest upset.