AFC Wimbledon vs Doncaster Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

Still successful hunt of a archetypal triumph of the League One season, Doncaster Rovers volition marque the travel to the Cherry Red Records Stadium to instrumentality connected AFC Wimbledon connected Saturday.

The visitors beryllium 22nd having managed conscionable 3 points from their archetypal 5 games, portion their hosts moved onto 7 with a triumph connected Monday.

Match preview

AFC Wimbledon instrumentality to League One enactment connected Saturday successful hunt of back-to-back wins to proceed a affirmative commencement to their 2nd consecutive League One season.

Following an 19th-placed decorativeness past clip around, successful which they yet finished 4 points wide of relegation, Johnnie Jackson's broadside did instrumentality a portion to get retired of the blocks, managing 1 gully and 1 decision successful their archetypal 2 league outings alongside a brace of cupful defeats.

The Dons person since won 2 of their past 3 outings, though, firstly beating Wigan Athletic connected location turf lone to sojourn Burton Albion and endure a 4-1 beating contempt taking a first-half pb done Jayden Stockley.

A travel to Bromley to circular disconnected the League One play followed connected Monday, and Jackson's men bounced backmost successful awesome fashion, winning 2-0 with Stockley again connected the scoresheet aboriginal connected earlier Myles Hippolyte added a 2nd aft the hr mark.

AFC Wimbledon volition present bid to physique connected that comfy distant triumph connected Saturday and marque it back-to-back victories for the archetypal clip this play to determination onto 10 points from six outings.

Their visitors, meanwhile, marque the travel southbound successful request of a archetypal triumph of the play aft a dilatory start.

Also successful their 2nd consecutive League One play pursuing promotion from the 4th tier, connected the backmost of a 14th-placed decorativeness past clip around, Doncaster Rovers are yet to find their groove this term, with their lone triumph coming successful their EFL Cup opener successful a punishment shootout.

The South Yorkshire outfit's 5 league games person produced conscionable 3 points courtesy of consecutive draws with Barnsley, Stevenage and Notts County, either broadside of an EFL Cup decision to Middlesbrough.

Grant McCann's men past welcomed Plymouth Argyle to Club Doncaster Sports Village connected Saturday and failed to proceed an unbeaten streak, succumbing to a 3-2 decision having fallen a extremity down and levelled done Alfie May earlier Aribim Pepple and Caleb Watts enactment their visitors 2 up and Sean Grehan's extremity came excessively precocious to spark a comeback.

Now besides connected the backmost of a 3-1 location nonaccomplishment to Huddersfield Town successful the EFL Trophy, taking a winless tally to 7 games successful each competitions astatine this aboriginal signifier of the word with unit apt growing, Doncaster Rovers volition present beryllium hopeless to halt the rot and enactment a archetypal three-point haul connected the committee astatine the weekend.

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Team News

AFC Wimbledon are inactive incapable to telephone connected attacker Harry Cornick, who is yet to diagnostic since his summertime arrival.

Key antheral Marcus Browne volition besides apt miss retired again, having not made their past 4 games aft netting 12 goals past season, portion winger James Tilley is simply a caller interest having been forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional past clip out.

Stockley volition pb the enactment with assurance having scored successful consecutive matches, with Hippolyte successful support, portion 19-year-old Ollie Harrison was fixed the motion successful midfield successful Monday's triumph alongside mainstay Alistair Smith.

Doncaster Rovers summertime signing James Collins is besides yet to diagnostic done wounded and remains sidelined alongside Tom Nixon and Francis Okoronkwo.

Defender Jamie Sterry has besides been retired of enactment successful caller weeks, meaning McCann should spell backmost to the backmost 4 of Sean Grehan, Neill Byrne, Jay McGrath and Joel Senior from past play contempt the 3-1 loss.

After sitting retired the midweek EFL Trophy tie, May volition instrumentality to pb the line, having netted his archetypal League One extremity of the play past clip out, with Brandon Hanlan, Isaac Hutchinson, Tommi O'Reilly, Leon Ayinde and Harry Clifton each competing to diagnostic successful support, portion Owen Bailey offers further enactment from midfield aft notching up 13 league goals past clip around.

AFC Wimbledon imaginable starting lineup:

Bursik; Ogundere, Sweeney, Johnson; Sessegnon, Smith, Harrison, Seddon; Sasu, Stockley, Hippolyte

Doncaster Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Simkin; Grehan, Byrne, McGrath, Senior; Bailey, Gotts; O'Reilly, Hutchinson, Hanlan; May

We say: AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Doncaster Rovers

While AFC Wimbledon are yet to amusement immoderate existent consistency this season, they volition person assurance from a convincing distant triumph connected Monday and conscionable a Doncaster Rovers broadside who are already successful the midst of a slump, and we backmost the Dons to get implicit the enactment connected location turf.

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