MK Dons came from behind to record a 3-1 win over Grimsby Town in Lincolnshire.

The Dons fell behind to Danny Rose’s first half goal, but came back after the break as a quickfire double from Alex Gilbey and Scott Hogan put them in front before Connor Lemonhaigh-Evans wrapped up three points in stoppage time.

Victory at Blundell Park means three wins in a week for the Dons ahead of next weekend’s FA Cup tie with rivals AFC Wimbledon.

Scott Lindsey’s side will enter the league’s FA Cup break sat in 8th in the League Two table, with the team now one point and one place off the league’s play-off positions.

Having beaten early strugglers Morecambe and Accrington Stanley over the preceding week, MK Dons faced a tricky test as they faced a Grimsby side that began the weekend in the play-off places in League Two.

But it was Grimsby who made the brighter start, and they would open the scoring just after the quarter of an hour mark. Denver Hume’s short free-kick released Rose, who skated in ahead of Joe Tomlinson to prod the ball past Tom McGill.

MK Dons had started slowly but offered more as the half wore on, although their positive qualities mainly manifested as half-chances that didn’t land on target.

In the opening minutes of the second half, however, MK Dons tilted the contest in their favour with two goals in four minutes to go from trailing to leading.

Grimsby had come close to a second when McGill denied Luca Barrington in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Dons equalised within four minutes of the restart.

The returning Tommy Leigh picked up the ball down the Dons’ right hand side, and his cross was perfect for an unmarked Gilbey, who crashed a header into the back of the net for his second goal in as many games.

Then the Dons took the lead through Hogan, who grabbed his second goal in three games when he tapped the ball home after Grimsby goalkeeper Jackson Smith failed to cut out Aaron Nemane’s cross.

Much of the second half saw the Dons contain a Grimsby threat that they had struggled to keep under control in the first half, and the visitors confirmed their third win in a row in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Lemonhaigh-Evans was able to sweep home a first time shot from Ellis Harrison’s pass to grab the Dons’ third and with it confirm three points for their return down south.