Barnet 1-0 Mansfield

Liam Hatch's 10th-minute strike secured a vital three points for Barnet as the Bees held on against nine-man Mansfield to boost their survival hopes.

The forward capped a man-of-the-match display with his first goal this term when he turned in a Nick Bailey corner.

Town were then reduced to nine men when Giles Coke, for his violent reaction to Barry Fuller's challenge, and Danny Reet, for a lunge on Bailey, saw red.

But Town nearly got a draw when Richard Barker struck the post in injury time.

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Barnet: Flitney, Hendon, Warhurst, Charles, King, Bailey, Hessenthaler (Batt 90), Sinclair (Vernazza 82), Fuller, Hatch, Kandol.
Subs Not Used: Reed, Gross, Roache.

Booked: King, Hatch, Fuller, Hessenthaler.

Goals: Hatch 11.

Mansfield: Pressman, Buxton, Baptiste, Hjelde, Wilson, Dawson (Uhlenbeek 73), D'Laryea, Coke, Rundle (Lloyd 57), Barker, Russell (Reet 57).
Subs Not Used: Day, White.

Sent Off: Coke (55), Reet (71).

Booked: Coke.

Att: 2,784

Ref: K Wright (Cambridgeshire).