AFC WIMBLEDON vs PORTSMOUTH - LEAGUE ONE HOME FIXTURE 2021/22 SEASON [18th DECEMBER]

Saturday 18th December 2021  KO 3pm

LATEST NEWS - GAME OFF
League One home match versus Portsmouth has been postponed.

Portsmouth informed the EFL 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.

AFC Wimbledon will host their latest League One game at Plough Lane for the 2021-22 season against Portsmouth, 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.

After last weekends fixtures we are currently in 17th position in the League One table on 25 points. speaking after last weekend's 2-2 draw at Wycombe head coach Mark Robinson mentioned that Wimbledon’s attacking play was a joy to watch at times today, and Robbo felt that we should have had the game sewn up before Wycombe’s late rally. “We started the game really well and we had to deal with what they threw at us, but I felt for the most part that we limited them to very little and we looked so dangerous on the break. We finished the half really strongly and we had a couple of chances, but at the start of the second-half we should have put the game to bed. We had three or four good opportunities, but we didn’t take them and they came back into it. I’m disappointed that we didn’t see it out at the end for the victory".

Recent League One Results
Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 2 AFC Wimbledon
Portsmouth 2 - 0 Morecambe

Onto today's game itself this Saturday day in League One and our opponents today, Portsmouth are currently managed by Danny Cowley who took over from Kenny Jacket in March 2021. After their opening 22 fixtures they sit in 8th place on 36 points. One of the many 'big' name clubs that find themselves in the third tier of football, should have got out of this before now but such is life, they certainly have begun this season well and ought to be a strong play off challenger at least. They are currently on an unbeaten run of eight games so will be no pushover, but like our effort against Wycombe last weekend we can certainly put in a display against another of the top teams. Up front they have Marcus Harness who scored his 10th goal of the season in the 2-0 home victory over lowly Morecambe. 

Head to Head

Our head to head form against Portsmouth since our return to the league as AFC Wimbledon amounts to seventeen matches, we've only managed six wins in that time our first ever encounter was a thumping 4-0 win for the Dons back in 2013, one draw and Pompey have an impressive ten victories. The latest match ended in a 2-1 win for Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Starting XI's [To Be Confirmed]

AFC WIMBLEDON 

Win Odds - 9/5 [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

PORTSMOUTH
Win Odds - 29/20 [William Hill]
Bazunu (Gk),  Freeman,  Raggett,  Ogilvie,  Romeo,  Azeez,  Williams,  Hackett-Fairchild,  Harness,  Curtis,  Hirst

SUBS - Bass (Gk),  Ahadme,  Marquis,  Harrison,  Jacobs,  Downing,  Jewitt-White

Selected Bets On This Match;

• Over 1.5 goals in 1st half @9/4.
• Ayoub Assal to score at any time @3/1
• Penalty to be awarded and scored @7/2.
• Bookings over 45 points @11/5.

⚽Half Time Score - P - P

First Half Comments;

Match has been called off on Friday Afternoon, when it's re-arranged we will update and cover it then.

⚽Full Time Score - P - P

Match Summary;

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My Man of the Match - tba.

Attendance - tba.

Today's Referee - Our match referee for this afternoon will be Mr James Oldham from Derbyshire, was appointed to the National League in 2018, and then the following season took charge of games in the EFL, has been averaging around four bookings a game this season (dished out 10 on the opening day when Stevenage played Barrow). Will have some assistance from both Nicholas Cooper and Kevin Howick on the side lines while our fourth official today is Daniel Lamport

Next league one fixture;
  vs Charlton Athletic (Home)
  Sunday 26th December @3:00pm.