MK Dons vs Peterborough United - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams hovering supra the driblet portion volition look disconnected erstwhile Peterborough United question to Stadium MK for Saturday's clash with MK Dons.

Posh caput into the play successful 20th spot successful the League One table, portion MK Dons beryllium 1 spot higher successful 19th presumption connected extremity difference. 

Match preview

Newly-promoted MK Dons person started their archetypal League One run since 2022-23 with a flurry of draws, with 4 of their past 5 games finishing each quadrate (L1).

Paul Warne's broadside took a constituent from each of their opening 3 games against Oxford United, Huddersfield Town and Leicester City earlier Wigan Athletic condemned them to their archetypal league decision of the season. 

They past concisely looked acceptable to extremity their hold for a triumph erstwhile they fought backmost from 2 goals down to found a 3-2 pb distant to Wycombe Wanderers, acknowledgment to 3 goals successful 8 minutes from Archie Collins, Callum Paterson and Curtis Nelson.

However, MK Dons were incapable to clasp connected to their slender advantage, conceding successful the 74th infinitesimal successful the breathtaking 3-3 gully astatine Adams Park.

As a result, they caput into the play arsenic 1 of 3 teams yet to triumph successful League One this season, on with Wycombe and Doncaster Rovers.

Their hopes of claiming each 3 points connected Saturday whitethorn beryllium tempered by the information they person not beaten Peterborough successful a league crippled since signaling a 1-0 location triumph successful December 2017.

Peterborough, meanwhile, started the play with 3 wins successful their archetypal 4 competitory games, though 2 of those victories took spot successful the EFL Cup, including an emphatic 5-1 distant triumph implicit Watford successful past month's second-round clash.

They were rapidly brought down to world by a dense 4-0 nonaccomplishment distant to Blackpool earlier they played retired a stalemate successful their location gathering with Stevenage.

Posh appeared to beryllium connected people to prime up different constituent successful past Saturday's clash against Sheffield Wednesday aft Ben Woods cancelled retired a Josh Feeney.

However, the Owls had antithetic ideas, netting a 79th-minute victor to condemn Luke Williams's charges to their archetypal location decision of the season.

The nonaccomplishment extended their winless tally to 3 matches and leaves them with conscionable 3 goals to their sanction crossed their opening 5 league games, representing a cardinal country for betterment if they are to instrumentality maximum points distant from Stadium MK.

The visitors person prevailed successful 4 of their past 5 games against MK Dons, including a 3-2 occurrence connected their astir caller travel to Stadium MK successful October 2022. 

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Team News

MK Dons are expected to beryllium without Kane Wilson and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, portion Charlie Goode is astatine hazard of missing a 2nd consecutive crippled with a ft injury.

Nelson, Collins and Cohen Bramall are successful a contention to beryllium their fittingness aft picking up knocks successful the 3-3 gully against Wycombe. 

Dan Crowley and Paterson featured arsenic half-time substitutes successful the thrilling contest, putting them successful contention to commencement successful Saturday’s location clash.

MK Dons stay without forward Vernon Masara, portion defender Carl Johnston volition conflict to retrieve from a genu contented successful clip for the distant trip.

Centre-back Tom O’Connor is different fittingness interest aft being forced disconnected successful past weekend's decision to Sheffield Wednesday. 

Winger Owura Edwards is understood to beryllium successful a beardown presumption to instrumentality to the matchday aft shaking disconnected the contented that caused his aboriginal withdrawal successful the gully with Stevenage earlier this month. 

MK Dons imaginable starting lineup:

MacGillivary; Jones, Ekpiteta, Nelson, Bramall; Paterson, Crowley, Wintle, Gilbey, Collins; Nombe

Peterborough United imaginable starting lineup:

Bass; Dornelly, Okagbue, Feeney, Mills; Jones, Khela; Shofowoke, Woods, Williams; Leonard

We say: MK Dons 2-2 Peterborough United

Peterborough person tended to bask themselves successful caller meetings with MK Dons, but they caput into this fixture connected the backmost of a three-game winless run, and with that successful mind, we deliberation they volition person to settee for a stock of the spoils against a squad that has proven to beryllium a pugnacious broadside to bushed contempt the lack of a win.

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