AFC WIMBLEDON v GILLINGHAM LEAGUE ONE SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER 2019

This weekend the Dons will play host to Gillingham in League One, coming on the back of a loss last weekend against Blackpool we are just above the drop zone on goal difference and some wins before Christmas are going to be essential. and our head to head record reads pretty good having played ten times in the leagues to date we have four wins, four draws and only two defeats. Although their most recent win came in the last match in March a 2-4 home loss for the Dons. We will have the FA Cup replay first on Tuesday against Doncaster (lost 2-0) and Gillingham will be replaying against Sunderland (won 1-0 in extra time) but regardless of those results it's league points we want while only in 20th place on just 13 points. 

FORM GUIDE

(Last 6 matches in league one, starting with the most recent)
AFC Wimbledon -- LDLWWW
Gillingham -- WLWDLD

LAST TIME OUT

Blackpool T 2  AFC Wimbledon 0 

Gillingham 1  Lincoln City 0

Updates will be published with team news and more news as and when it comes through. Dons recent form had been better recently despite off field activity and changing the manager getting us out of the drop zone for now, we need to win these sorts of games now with Bolton coming up after the FA Cup break (we have no game next weekend now). News that our captain Will Nightingale will be out for another 3-4 months with an operation on his hip injury is not great, but stand in captain Scott Wagstaff is an able replacement. Our opponents Gillingham are currently 14th in the league on 21 points and will be looking to follow up their win last weekend over Lincoln City where a Mikael Mandron goal was enough to secure the points. but just one point off the side above. Managed by the infamous Steve Evans who I am sure will be well received by the home crowd as usual.

Starting Line Ups (Confirmed);

AFC WIMBLEDON

Odds -- 13/8 (William Hill) 

Trott (Gk),  Kalambayi,  Delaney,  O'Neill,,  ⚽Wagstaff (c),  Reilly,  Sanders,  🟨Pinnock,  Osew,  🟨Pigott,  Forss

Subs – McDonnell (Gk),  Thomas,  🟨Appiah,  Rudoni,  Hartigan,  Guinness-Walker,  McLoughlin

GILLINGHAM

Odds -- 6/4 (William Hill) 

Bonham (Gk),  Fuller,  Ehmer (c),  Tucker,  🟨Ogilvie,  Jones,  Byrne,  O'Keefe,  Lee,  Mandron,  Hanlan

Subs –  Walsh (Gk),  O'Connor,  Ndjoli,  Charles-Cook,  Jakubiak,  🟥Pringle,  Marshall

Selected Bets on today's match;

Wimbledon to win and BOTH teams to score @5/1.

Marcus Forss or Brandon Hanlan to score 1st Goal @5/1.

Penalty Awards and Scored @9/2.

Red Card in the match @11/2. YES 🟥

⚽H/T Score – 1 - 0  [Wagstaff 19']

First Half Comment;

Wimbledon kick us off today and the early action is a couple of challenges that are immediately shown yellow cards for, one to Connor Ogilvie for Gillingham and the other shortly after to Mitch Pinnock for the Dons. Great news on 19 minutes as captain Scott Wagstaff shoots us into the lead and hopefully we can kick on with this now. Surprised by the lack of further action in the opening half, and no chances falling to our main striker Marcus Forss yet however some more strong tackles going in and Joe Pigott picks up a booking too but it remains 1-0 Dons at half time.

⚽F/T Score – 1 - 0

Match Summary;

A Dons win !! Yes. Taking us away from the drop zone with the scum losing (ha ha) even sweeter. Late red card drama too but we hang on to that first half goal and a much needed win plus the clean sheet. Next up is Bolton with a nice week off as no longer in the FA Cup, other results went our way too, nice.

My Man of the Match – Scott Wagstaff, captain performance topped with the winning goal, well done skipper.

Referee -- Our referee for this afternoon's big game will be Kevin Johnson from Western-Super-Mare, Somerset. Doesn't appear to have taken charge of a Dons game recently so we will see what he is like. 🟨 🟥Averages about four bookings a game this season but has been known to get the reds out too so we might have a look at that market later. His assistants will be Carl Fitch-Jackson and David Plowright.

Attendance – 4,554. 

Next league match:
Saturday 7th December vs Bolton Wanderers (Away)
League One Kick off 3:00pm