Our third home game of the season and sadly we still looking for our first victory of the season with only the 1-1 draw against Accrington Stanley to show for our efforts so far. Long way to go but even with the problems that have beset the likes of Bolton and Bury we expect another difficult relegation battle this season. Having lost our first two league games 2-1 each time it's still small margins and with a lot of new young players to blend in at least we not getting thumped yet. Lost our last game against Sunderland 3-1 but that was to be expected and no disrespect to today's opposition but this is a much more winnable game for the Dons and we have our captain Will Nightingale back in the starting XI.
FORM GUIDE
(Last 6 matches from last season in their respective leagues, starting with most recent)
AFC Wimbledon -- LLDLLLD
Wycombe Wanderers -- WDWDWW
LAST TIME OUT
Sunderland 3 - 1 AFC Wimbledon
Wycombe Wanderers 4 - 3 Southend United
While we were losing 3-1 to Sunderland, Wycombe were winning a seven goal thriller against likely relegation rivals Southend, so might have done us a good turn there with that last gasp injury time winner. Wycombe remain unbeaten with three home wins and two away draws giving them their best ever start to a third tier season, but AFC Wimbledon have just one point from five tough tests which have included close encounters with promotion-hunting Sunderland, Ipswich, Fleetwood and Rotherham. Playing Wycombe means a return for old Dons legends Garth Ainsworth and Adebayo Akinfenwa, though the big man might be on the bench these days he is a massive handful and would be no surprise if he scored against us. Should be a very open game though. We have our club captain Will Nightingale back in the starting XI this weekend which is great as we need some leadership on the field. Some goals for Joe Pigott will help his confidence but we also need to see the midfield chipping in so it was good that Nesta Guinness-Walker has got off the mark. Our "new" goalkeeper Nathan Trott has started to play and making some good saves although unable to stop recent defeats it could be a long season for us unless some late loan deals can be done.
And just a final word this week for all connected with BURY FC. It's always the fans that suffer usually at the hands of the owner and No One wanted to see your team go to the wall, but we are living proof that you CAN start again and rebuild, keep it fan owned, and come back stronger the same goes for BOLTON WANDERERS who while appear to have saved themselves this season they only have a handful of full time players to call upon and will probably need to drop to league two in order to rebuild.
Line Ups (Confirmed);
AFC WIMBLEDON
Odds -- 2/1 (William Hill)
Trott (GK), Thomas, Kalambayi, Nightingale (c), O'Neill, Wagstaff, Hartigan, Reilly, Guinness-Walker, Appiah, Pigott
Subs – Tzanev (GK), Roscrow, Pinnock, Connolly, McLoughlin, Stabana, Folivi
WYCOMBE WANDERERS
Odds -- 7/5 (William Hill)
Allsop (GK), Grimmer, Stewart (c), Charles, Jacobson, Wheeler, Gape, Bloomfield, Kashket, Akinfenwa, Freeman
Subs – Yates (Gk), Samuel, Mascoll, Phillips, Pattison, Parker, El-Abd
Selected Bets on this event;
1st Half over 1.5 Goals @ 2/1 😞
Penalty Awarded and Scored @ 9/2
Red Card in match @ 5/1
⚽H/T Score – 0 - 0
First Half Comment;
Dons kicked off and quickly on the front foot which is good too see at home and gets the crowd on side, however we win corners that we cannot convert and it's Wycombe who have the first actual chance on goal by Scott Kashket which is saved by Trott. Akinfenwa has a header saved too and it's becoming a bit scrappy someone needs to put a calm foot on things soon on the plus side we still in the game and even managed a shot on target of our own from Scott Wagstaff, I sense a goal is coming. But alas it doesn't and the half sort of peters out to a goalless draw stalemate.
⚽F/T Score – 0 - 0
Match Summary;
Looks like a bore drawn and another point to the tally, going to be a long season for us at this rate cannot see where the win will come from though small consolation that we didn't lose either. Shame that our lad Terell Thomas fired over deep into stoppage time
My Man of the Match – Nathan Trott.
Referee -- Our referee for this important League One fixture will be Mr Alan Young who hails from (pause for breath) Milton K.... no I cannot write these words. Ok he's an experienced ref and doesn't support "them" but lets hope he has a quiet game today. Will be assisted on the touchlines by Adrian Tranter and Andrew Laver while the fourth official will be Samuel Ogles.
Attendance – 4,521.
Next match:
Saturday 7th September vs Franchise FC (Away)
League One 12:00pm
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