League One side Mansfield Town came from behind to beat Premier League strugglers Burnley and reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1975.

Josh Laurent gave the Clarets the lead midway through the first half but goals from Rhys Oates and Louis Reed completed a brilliant second-half turnaround to help the Stags progress.

Veteran Burnley forward Ashley Barnes had a glorious opportunity to open the scoring early on, when he slid in to connect with Quilindschy Hartman’s cross but somehow diverted wide from just a few yards out.

The Premier League side deservedly went in front after 20 minutes through Laurent who showed brilliant composure inside the area, feinting to shoot and putting Mansfield goalkeeper Liam Roberts on the ground before slotting into an empty net.

Jacob Bruun Larsen, who is still yet to score for Burnley since his summer move from Stuttgart, was inches away from breaking his duck when he burst through on goal and dinked over the onrushing Roberts, only to be denied by an excellent goalline clearance from Kyle Knoyle.

Mansfield thought they had found a leveller before the break when Oates broke the offside trap before finishing brilliantly past Max Weiss, but he was penalised for a foul on Hjalmar Ekdal in the build-up.

The visitors came out of the traps fast in the second half and really should have been level when Oates found himself in a one-on-one after a slip from Ekdal but with just Weiss to beat he put it well over the bar.

But Oates got a second chance to tie things up and this time took his opportunity, climbing above his man to head home brilliantly from a Knoyle cross.

Burnley took control of the game again soon after but it was the League One side that turned the game on its head when captain Reed curled in a delightful free-kick from 25 yards with just 10 minutes remaining.

Zian Flemming could have salvaged the game for Scott Parker’s side when he blazed over from six-yards out in stoppage time but the Stags held on to complete a memorable upset.