AFC WIMBLEDON vs WYCOMBE WANDERERS -- LEAGUE ONE 2018-19 SEASON 27th APRIL

This weekend it's the Dons final home game of the season and they will be hosting Wycombe Wanderers in League One. This is a fixture that will be like friends reunited for players and staff of both clubs. Not just for Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth who will have Wally Downes for company on the touchline (could be fun) but it's also time to welcome back THE BEAST Adebayo Akinfenwa, still a big name (he's very big) in the lower leagues and we really hope he's not going to score the goal that might send us down to League Two. 

Wycombe are currently in 17th place in League One on 50 points with two games to go so they will still see this as another game to win and make safety assured after last Bank Holiday Monday's 1-0 success against Walsall. They have had a bit of an indifferent run in and this is a winnable game for us though we do need to start scoring a bit more frequently. The 50 point mark would usually have meant safety in most of the previous seasons but this year half the division have potentially been in the fight for the drop and with this and only the final game against Bradford City to go it's win or drop for those in the bottom four really. 

FORM GUIDE

(The last 6 matches in the league, beginning with their most recent).
AFC Wimbledon -- DDDDWL
Wycombe Wanderers -- WLWLLL

LAST TIME OUT

AFC Wimbledon 2 Luton Town 2

Wycombe Wanderers 1  Walsall 0

Updates will be published with team news and more as and when it comes through. One thing already sorted is that this game is SOLD OUT which is no surprise and looks as though we need to win this AND the final game against relegated Bradford to have any chance of survival, it's been disappointing that even with some good performances of late we have not been able to get out of the bottom four up to now. At least we made a bit of a fight of it against Luton with the last minute draw but time is beginning to run out now. 

Line Ups (confirmed);

AFC WIMBLEDON

Odds -- 29/20 (William Hill) 

Ramsdale (Gk),  Sibbick,  Kalambayi,  Nightingale,  Thomas,  Seddon,  McLoughlin,  Hartigan,  Wordsworth, ⚽⚽ Pigott,  Hanson

Subs – McDonnel (Gk),  Watson,  Soares,  Appiah,  Pinnock,  Connolly,  Folivi

WYCOMBE WANDERERS

Odds -- 19/10 (William Hill) 

 Allsop (Gk),  McCarthy,  Stewart,   El-Abd,  Harriman,  Thompson,  Gape,  Freeman,  Kashket,  Akinfenwa,  ⚽Samuel

  

Subs –  Ma-Kalambay (Gk),  Jacobson,  Bean,  Bloomfield,  Cowan-Hall,  Tyson,  Frempah

H/T Score – 1 - 0    [Pigott 38']

First Half Comment;

The final home game of this season and the Dons kick off in front of a packed ground. And in only 7 mins we are awarded a penalty, James Hansen taken down by the Wycombe keeper who is also booked, but Joe Pigott sees his shot saved and it's still 0-0, could really have done with that to calm everyone down. Wycombe have a spell of free kicks and corners but Dons keeper Aaron Ramsdale is able to keep them at bay, doesn't seem bothered by the big man Akinfenwa either, lets hope The Beast doesn't score. 

1-0 Dons. Miss a penalty but we score from a corner, this really is a weird and wonderful time Joe Pigott buries a header from very close range to the bottom left corner. 

F/T Score – 2 - 1   [Pigott 38', 53'   Samuel 49']

Match Summary;

Wow we WIN. what a game, what drama, my heart can't take this, will have to calm down. Out of the bottom four for the first time in ages, and with one game left, we can do this. Bradford won't be easy as their result today showed, but I believe we are going to be here next season and going to be a serious force under Wally Downes.

My Man of the Match – Joe Pigott.

Referee -- Our referee for this afternoon's big relegation survival game will be Mr Alan Young from Cambridge and will be ably assisted no doubt by Paul Lister and Hristo Karaivanov. Mr Young in charge isn't a good omen, having been referee for us earlier in the year with back to back 1-0 defeats to Bradford and Plymouth so he owes us one. 

Attendance – 4.850. Another full house, great support.

Next match:
Saturday 4th May vs Bradford City (Away)
League One 5:30pm 
Final Game of the 2018-19 League One Season.