Preview: AFC Wimbledon vs. Gillingham - prediction, team news, lineups

AFC Wimbledon and Gillingham volition look to motion disconnected 2024 connected a affirmative enactment erstwhile they look disconnected astatine Plough Lane successful Monday's League Two encounter.

The hosts are sitting successful 5th spot successful the League Two table, portion the visitors are 4 points further backmost successful 13th position.

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Wimbledon precocious enactment unneurotic a four-game unbeaten league tally (W3, D1), earlier their good spell of signifier was ended by a 1-0 distant decision against Chesterfield.

They past had to beryllium contented with a gully successful their Boxing Day clash against Swindon Town, with James Tilley netting a second-half equaliser to cancel retired Harry Smith's opener.

While Wimbledon managed to debar defeat, they volition beryllium frustrated by the information they person present won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile six location games successful the 4th tier (D3, L2).

However, the promotion hopefuls inactive boast 1 of the champion location records successful League Two, having taken 21 points from their 11 location league games - a tally that has lone been bettered by Walsall.

They besides boast the league's joint-best antiaircraft grounds with conscionable 18 goals conceded, highlighting 1 of the main reasons wherefore they are 2 points adrift of the apical three.

Monday's hosts volition fancy their chances of claiming each 3 points, having won 4 of their erstwhile 5 location league games against Gillingham without conceding (D1), including a 2-0 triumph erstwhile the 2 sides past met successful March.

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Gillingham are sitting 4 points adrift of the apical 7 aft winning nine, drafting 3 and losing 9 of their 21 league games this season.

The Gills enactment unneurotic a three-game unbeaten streak earlier Christmas, signaling 1-0 victories implicit Salford City and MK Dons earlier playing retired a 2-2 gully against Cheltenham Town.

Unfortunately for Gillingham, their promising tally of signifier came to an extremity with a Boxing Day decision against Colchester United, conceding successful either fractional arsenic they fell to a 2-0 distant defeat.

As a result, Mark Bonner's charges person present mislaid 4 of their past six distant league games, suggesting they whitethorn person their enactment chopped retired successful Monday's travel to the capital.

Gillingham whitethorn beryllium capable to instrumentality immoderate inspiration from the information that they person won 3 of their erstwhile 4 competitory meetings with Wimbledon.

However, their lone distant triumph successful that play took spot successful the EFL Cup, meaning they volition beryllium looking to assertion their archetypal distant league triumph implicit Wimbledon since moving retired 4-2 winners successful March 2019.

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Team News

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Wimbledon's Myles Hippolyte is making advancement successful his betterment aft missing the past 7 competitory matches, but the guardant is improbable to beryllium acceptable for the last crippled of 2024.

Striker Omar Bugiel volition person to beryllium assessed aft being forced disconnected successful the closing stages of the archetypal fractional against Swindon.

Matty Stevens volition proceed to connection 1 of Wimbledon's main extremity threats, having scored 11 times successful 21 league appearances this season.

Meanwhile, the visitors could beryllium without the services of Oli Hawkins, who has been absent from the past 8 matchday squads owed to injury.

George Lapslie, who was near retired of the squad connected Boxing Day, is improbable to beryllium progressive against Wimbledon owed to reports that helium could implicit a determination to Bradford City successful the January transportation window.

Armani Little and Timothy Dieng are pushing for starting spots aft returning from wounded to diagnostic arsenic substitutes against Colchester.

AFC Wimbledon imaginable starting lineup:
Goodman; Harbottle, O'Toole, Johnson; Neufville, Hutchinson, Smith, Tilley; Stevens, Kelly; Pigott

We say: AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Gillingham

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