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

AFC Wimbledon quadrate disconnected against Fleetwood Town connected Sunday day looking for the triumph that would support the nine successful 2nd presumption successful the League Two table.

Meanwhile, Fleetwood play big to the promotion chasers starting the adjacent batch of fixtures successful 17th spot, 7 points wide of the relegation zone.

Match preview

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Having not recorded 3 wins successful a enactment since the opening of September, AFC Wimbledon fans whitethorn not person expected their broadside to find themselves successful 2nd place.

However, the inconsistency of the teams astir them has led to Johnnie Jackson's broadside moving into that spot connected the backmost of 7 points being accumulated from their past 3 games.

After a 1-1 gully with Swindon Town, the Dons person battled their mode to constrictive successes implicit Gillingham and Newport County.

Wimbledon person present suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 8 encounters successful the 4th tier, portion they stay with the joint-best antiaircraft grounds successful the division.

With 5 defeats coming from 11 distant fixtures, though, Wimbledon's grounds connected their travels requires immoderate work, adjacent with 4 wins coming from their past five.

Meanwhile, Fleetwood are successful the midst of starting a caller epoch nether Pete Wild having made the determination to portion ways with Charlie Adam.

One constituent has been collected from his opening 2 fixtures, a 1-1 gully astatine location to Harrogate Town being followed by a 2-1 reverse astatine promotion-chasing Doncaster Rovers.

Defeat successful that contention came courtesy of a last-gasp goal, yet Wild volition instrumentality the positives from however his broadside pushed opponents who presently beryllium successful 3rd presumption up of a akin task astatine the weekend.

Fleetwood caput into this fixture having mislaid conscionable 2 of their 12 league matches astatine Highbury Stadium this campaign, yet conscionable 3 of those games person ended successful victories.

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Team News

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Despite decision past clip out, Fleetwood brag Wild is improbable to overly tinker with his starting lineup for this contest.

Matty Virtue could instrumentality successful spot of either Liam Shaw oregon Danny Mayor successful midfield having scored arsenic a substitute versus Doncaster.

Meanwhile, Romaine Sawyers is expected to beryllium drafted backmost into the AFC Wimbledon XI having scored the decisive extremity past clip out.

The 33-year-old had lone been dropped to negociate his crippled time, but helium should regenerate Sam Hutchinson oregon Jake Reeves.

Although helium was withdrawn astatine fractional clip successful the triumph astatine Newport, Riley Harbottle should support his spot successful the backline.

Fleetwood Town imaginable starting lineup:
Lynch; Wiredu, Bolton, Bennett; Bonds; Johnston, Shaw, Virtue, Patterson; Graydon, Harratt

We say: Fleetwood Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon

Although Wimbledon are the wide favourites to prevail from this contest, we cannot disregard the caller manager bounce astatine Fleetwood. Taking that into consideration, Wild's broadside could bash capable to gain a stock of the spoils successful a low-scoring contest.

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