MK Dons vs Doncaster Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

MK Dons volition beryllium aiming to grounds a 3rd consecutive triumph erstwhile they invited Doncaster Rovers to Stadium MK connected Saturday.

The hosts are sitting successful 14th spot successful the League One standings, portion the visitors are 3 points worse disconnected successful 18th position. 

Match preview

After winning promotion from League Two past term, MK Dons had to hold until October 17 to assertion their archetypal league triumph of the 2026-27 season.

The 2-1 triumph implicit Luton Town has sparked an upturn successful fortunes that has seen Paul Warne's broadside instrumentality 9 points from a imaginable 12.

After losing to Blackpool a fewer days aft their maiden victory, MK Dons got returned to winning ways with a constrictive 1-0 occurrence against Stevenage earlier they hammered Bromley 4-1 successful their midweek location outing. 

Archie Collins netted either broadside of a Mitch Pinnock equaliser earlier Alex Gilbey and Charlie Goode grabbed a extremity apiece to seal back-to-back location wins, moving their broadside 5 points wide of the bottommost four.

MK Dons should fancy their chances of adding astatine slightest a constituent to their tally connected Saturday, considering they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their 8 competitory location games this word (W4, D3).

However, if they are to instrumentality each the spoils, they volition request to bushed Doncaster for the archetypal clip since signaling a 2-1 triumph successful August 2023. 

In opposition to their hosts, Doncaster person struggled to prime up points successful caller weeks, having mislaid 3 of their erstwhile 4 matches.

Rovers fell to back-to-back defeats against Leicester City and Stockport County earlier they claimed a much-needed 2-0 triumph successful their location gathering with Sheffield Wednesday past weekend.

But Doncaster failed to physique upon that effect successful a midweek clash against Luton Town, which saw Bayley McCann nett a precocious consolation successful a 3-1 decision astatine Kenilworth Road. 

After suffering a 2nd consecutive distant loss, Grant McCann's broadside are near down successful 18th spot with conscionable 2 points separating them from the bottommost four. 

In fact, Rovers person mislaid 4 of their six distant league games this term, which volition not animate assurance up of their archetypal competitory gathering with MK Dons since February 2025.

Doncaster tin astatine slightest instrumentality assurance from the information they person won 2 and drawn 1 of their past 3 head-to-head meetings, though some of those victories took spot astatine Keepmoat Stadium. 

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Team News

MK Dons are expected to beryllium without the services of Craig MacGillivray, Ryan Barnett, Kane Wilson and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy. 

Defender Curtis Nelson is besides acceptable to miss retired aft being absent from the past 4 matches owed to an ankle problem.

Midfielder Ben Wiles is pushing for a starting spot aft featuring arsenic a half-time substitute successful the midweek triumph implicit Bromley.

As for the visitors, McCann is incapable to telephone upon Matty Pearson, Francis Okoronkwo and James Collins. 

Tom Nixon and James Husband are adjacent to returning to the squad, but it remains to beryllium seen whether they volition beryllium acceptable for Saturday’s contest.

Midfielder George Broadbent and striker Brandon Hanlan are options if McCann decides to change his lineup for the distant trip.

MK Dons imaginable starting lineup:

Dennis; Ekpiteta, Goode, Sanders; Wintle; Silvera, Wiles, Gilbey, Campbell; Nombe, Collins

Doncaster Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Simkin; Sterry, Grehan, Byrne, Senior; Bailey, Broadbent; Ayinde, Hutchinson, Adelakun; Hanlan

We say: MK Dons 2-1 Doncaster Rovers

MK Dons volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft winning 3 of their erstwhile 4 matches, and we judge they volition proceed to physique momentum by getting the amended of a Doncaster broadside that has mislaid their past 2 distant games. 

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