Sunday 26th December 2021 KO 3pm - Game Off
LATEST NEWS - BOXING DAY FITURE IS OFF
Our League One home match versus Charlton Athletic has been postponed.
Charlton informed the EFL on Thursday afternoon that it would be unable to fulfil the fixture at the Cherry Red Records Stadium due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in their squad.
In a statement announcing the postponement, the EFL said it will assist affected Clubs throughout this challenging period to help them mitigate against the risk of infection amongst players and staff, while ensuring their obligations to the EFL regulations are maintained.
A rearranged date for the fixture will be announced in due course.
AFC Wimbledon will host their latest League One game at Plough Lane for the 2021-22 season against Charlton Athletic, the Dons have found a bit of form recently and are unbeaten in their last five games. However still in the lower half of the league one table, and the busy Christmas period will be important again even with a couple of games in hand on most of the opposition above us. Since we published this midweek have noted that there are already several games off this weekend already due to Covid, we lost our last fixture so will be keeping a close eye on this situation and will update prior to Saturday with any further news.
As we begin the busy Christmas fixtures schedule we are currently in 17th position in the League One table on 25 points after 20 games played. We did not have a fixture last weekend of course and as mentioned have a couple of games in hand over many of the teams above us and hopefully we can secure some more points to move us up a little further away from the drop zone. Team News - Aaron Pressley has suffered a hamstring injury that's expected to keep him out for a number of weeks. Further team news to follow when available.
Recent League One Results
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 2 AFC Wimbledon
Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Looking at today's game itself this Saturday day in League One and our opponents today; Charlton Athletic are currently managed by Johnnie Jackson who took over from Nigel Adkins in October initially in a caretaker role was finally given the permanent role before their match against Plymouth last week. After their opening 23 fixtures they sit in 12th place on 29 points. Men to watch for the opposition; Jayden Stockley currently their top scorer so far this season with 11, and has formed a formidable partnership with fellow striker Conor Washington who himself has 7. Dons watch; former player Ben Purrington now appears as left back for the Addick's and will be a considerable threat from set pieces, has chipped in with 3 goals himself this season.
Head to Head
Our head to head form against Charlton since our return to the league as AFC Wimbledon amounts to a fairly even record, twelve matches played since 2016, that first match resulted in a 2-1 win at The Valley and we have five wins, four defeats and three draws in all competitions. Our latest match was a 1-0 win in the League Cup back in August, usually plenty of goals and we've not had a goalless draw in those twelve.
Starting XI's [To Be Confirmed]
AFC WIMBLEDON
Win Odds - 2/1 [William Hill]
Tzanev (Gk), Osew, Heneghan, Csóka, Guinness-Walker, Woodyard (c), Hartigan, Assal, McCormick, Rudoni, Palmer
SUBS - Oualah (Gk), Marsh, Chislett, Awokoya-Mebude, Pressley, Lawrence, Jenkins
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Win Odds - 6/4 [William Hill]
MacGillivray (Gk), Clare, Pearce (c), Purrington, Dobson, Jaiyesimi, Gilbey, Lee, Souaré, Leko, Stockley
SUBS - Harness (Gk), Gunter, Morgan, Kirk, Inniss, Watson, Burstow
Selected Bets On This Match;- Over 1.5 goals in 1st half @5/2.
- Ben Heneghan to score at any time @9/1
- Penalty to be awarded and scored @7/2.
- Bookings over 45 points @11/5.
⚽Half Time Score - P - P
First Half Comments;
Kick Off 3pm today at the Cherry Red Records, Plough Lane Wimbledon stadium, we will keep updated with events here.
Sadly this fixture has been called off due to Covid cases in the Charlton Athletic squad.
⚽Full Time Score - P - P
Match Summary;
My Man of the Match - tba.
Attendance - tba.
Today's Referee - Our match referee for this afternoon will be Mr David Rock from Hertfordshire, has been a football league referee since 2014 and elevated from the Conference (National League) at the start of the 2019/20 season. Has been averaging around 3.5 bookings a game this season and last took charge of a Dons game in August a 2-2 away draw against Ipswich Town. Touchline assistants will be Stuart Butler and Stephen Brown this afternoon while the fourth official is Christopher Wade.
Next league one fixture;
vs Oxford United (Away)
Wednesday 29th December @7:45pm.
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