Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's Burton secure promotion

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's side are up as, despite fourth-placed Bury still being able to catch them, third-placed Wycombe - who have played a game more than the Shakers - cannot.

Damien McCrory saw his 28th-minute penalty kept out by Andreas Arestidou but just two minutes later Akins slotted through the goalkeeper's legs having been played through by Stuart Beavon.

Akins scored a second from the spot after Arestidou brought down Beavon before Mark Hughes pulled one back in the last minute of normal time.

Shrewsbury are a win away from a return to League One after beating York 1-0.

Defender Mark Ellis headed in the only goal after 12 minutes as Micky Mellon's men bounced back from their loss to Bury in midweek.

Bury set a new club record of seven straight away wins by beating Portsmouth 1-0, with Ryan Lowe scoring his 10th goal of the season.

The win moves them to within two points of Wycombe after Gareth Ainsworth's men were held 0-0 at AFC Wimbledon.

Southend also remain in the hunt for automatic promotion after Michael Timlin scored in stoppage time in a 1-0 win over Exeter, whose third straight defeat leaves them four points off a play-off place.

At the other end of the table, each of the bottom three suffered defeats.

Hartlepool lost 3-0 to Luton, Cheltenham were beaten 2-0 at Northampton, and Tranmere remain bottom of the table following a 3-0 defeat at home to Oxford.

Carlisle secured their Football League status with a 2-0 win against Plymouth, while Cambridge and Mansfield are also safe despite the U's winning their encounter at the Abbey Stadium 3-1.

Luton's win moved them level on points with Plymouth, who hold the fourth play-off spot.

Stevenage are four points above the pair after Chris Beardsley's 89th-minute goal rescued a 2-2 draw against Accrington, who played almost the entire game with 10 men following Nicky Hunt's second-minute sending off.

Newport are three points off the play-offs as they suffered a fourth consecutive defeat, going down 3-2 at home to Dagenham.