Mansfield Town 1-0 Luton Town

Luton Town missed the chance to go third in the League Two table as a first-half Rakish Bingham goal sealed all three points for Mansfield.

Bingham made a quick impact after he replaced the injured Reggie Lambe as he slotted home Jack Thomas' superb cross.

Jake Howells missed the chance to level for Luton on the stroke of half time when his headed effort went just wide.

After the break, Mark Cullen came close to salvaging a point for the visitors but he poked the ball wide of the post.

The result means Mansfield are now five points clear of relegation danger and are up to 18th in the standings.

Luton, meanwhile, remain a point behind the automatic promotion places.

Mansfield Town manager Adam Murray told BBC Radio Nottingham:

"It was obviously a tough game, but we prepared right and we knew what we were up against.

"We had to get the lads re-energised after Saturday but all credit goes to the boys and I can't praise them enough. They're the ones running through brick walls at the moment.

"We were exhausted out there and again it was at 70 minutes that we need the fans and they were tremendous. They pulled us over the line and they pulled me over the line."

Luton Town manager John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"It was a disappointing result, I thought we were a bit slow first half, second half we were on it.

"We had two or three opportunities I thought we could take, particularly Mark Cullen's chance - he's been on fire recently.

"The final finish, the final cross wasn't good enough."