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MK Dons vs AFC W’don
Sky Bet League One
12:00pm Saturday 7th September
Stadium:mk
MK Dons face AFC Wimbledon in Sky Bet League One on Saturday. Coverage gets underway live on Sky Sports Football from 11.30am, whilst kick-off is currently at midday.
Winger Brennan Dickenson could be handed a primary league start against opponents AFC Wimbledon by MK Dons manager Paul Tisdale. Dickenson, a summer signing from Colchester, was one of eight changes for the 3-0 midweek Leasing.com Trophy win over Stevenage and is anticipated to be involved .
Striker Sam Nombe can be in contention after the 20-year-old impressed with two goals on Tuesday night. Summer registering Joe Mason (hamstring), shield Jordan Moore-Taylor (knee) and midfielder Ben Reeves, who picked up a leg injury after inadvertently kicking himself during training, all keep their recovery.
AFC Wimbledon could hand debuts to each of three of their new signings. Striker Marcus Forss signed on a season-long loan from Brentford, whilst defender Ryan Delaney joined on loan from Rochdale until January.
England Under-19s midfielder Max Sanders finished a loan change to go back following his previous brief spell at the academy for a youngster to the club. Although Dylan Connolly has combined Bradford on loan midfielder Anthony Wordsworth has declared training after an Achilles tendon injury along with a shoulder problem.
MK Dons sit 15th in the League One standings following a beginning that has seen them win and dropped three times. Their latest cup strikes – a 3-0 victory over Stevenage from the Leasing.com Trophy along with also a 4-1 away thumping of Southend from the Carabao Cup – mask the fact they have lost their two previous league fittings, against Accrington and Peterborough, scoring just 1 goal in the procedure.
AFC Wimbledon avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth term and also the month of the season has suggested they could face a similar fate this year. Wally Downes’ men having scored just five goals and sit 21st ahead of kick-off, without a win to their name.
Paul Tisdale:”It’s another game. We have to prepare in precisely the way and it is a football area but it’s another game since the folks on the periphery make it distinct. Our job is to make it as regular as you can.
“Let us be fair about itwe know the dynamic of this particular game. There is the small matter of attempting to beat the resistance and there is just 3 things at stake. That’s the fact of it. We are aware that it’s another game, but we are going to try as soon as we do in every other game.”
Wally Downes:”The feelings would be similar to a derby: Liverpool vs Everton, Man Utd vs Man City. The feelings do run , the form book goes out the window and it’s about the effect on the bragging rights and the day .
“They were not a group when I was playing so I’ve got the burden of this sensation of the lovers in my shoulders as well as the team have, but that is a terrific point to carry because they constructed the club. It is just like enjoying a derby and three more points.”
For just the ninth time in history enemies AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons match at Stadium MK that Saturday as well as ever, there’s loads of emotion. There’s absolutely no love lost still.
To get AFC, the bragging rights have twice dropped within a 2-0 League One win in March 2017, as well as their favor: Triumphing 3-2 at a Johnstone’s Paint Trophy assembly in October 2014. MK boast a record up to now this season, but will the loan signings of both Ryan Delaney, Marcus Forss along with Max Sanders this week increase their competitions’ fortunes this weekend?
The last two meetings between MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon in most competitions have completed level – a 0-0 draw at Stadium MK at January 2018 and a 2-2 draw a month in a League Cup match in the Cherry Reds Records Stadium – a game which saw MK Dons advancement on penalties.
AFC Wimbledon have managed just one victory in five previous visits to MK Dons in all competitions (P5 W1 D1 L3), a 3-2 success back in October 2014 at a Football League Trophy experience.
MK Dons have dropped three of their last four league matches (W1), as numerous as they had done in their past 10.
Wimbledon have only won one of their final 12 League One outings (D7 L4), with a recent winless run of seven matches (D3 L4).
Wimbledon have conceded five goals from corners League One this season; two over every other hand in the division.
Now this ought to be a tasty occasion! MK Dons come back in League One and making a decent fist of it under Paul Tisdale, was relegated a couple of seasons ago in fashion.
AFC Wimbledon, as I’ve said previously, enjoyed a fantastic survival last year and are likely set for another period of struggle. In which MK cut it penalties these two have already met in the Carabao Cup last month. I believe that they will win this one too.
David Prutton forecasts: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)