Preview: MK Dons vs. Salford City - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams that made cleanable starts to the caller twelvemonth volition bash conflict successful circular 25 of the 2024-25 League Two play arsenic MK Dons entertain the situation of Salford City connected Saturday afternoon.
 
Having fallen to a constrictive 1-0 decision against the visitors successful September's reverse fixture, the hosts volition person revenge connected their docket heading into this weekend's encounter.

Match preview

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A 3-0 triumph implicit Chesterfield to footwear disconnected December hinted astatine a fruitful festive play for MK Dons, who, however, went connected to suffer their adjacent 3 matches against Gillingham, Newport and Notts County.
 
Scott Lindsey's men played retired a 1-1 stalemate against Crewe Alexandra successful their last outing of 2024 earlier getting the caller twelvemonth started connected a precocious courtesy of Wednesday's 2-1 triumph implicit Chesterfield astatine SMH Group Stadium.
 
Callum Hendry opened the scoring with his archetypal extremity successful six games aft which Joe White picked up wherever helium near disconnected successful 2024 to treble The Dons' pb and render Darren Oldaker's onslaught inconsequential successful the expansive strategy of things.
 
A rocky spell successful December slowed down MK Dons' propulsion for a spot successful the playoffs, but they are present 11th successful the League Two table, conscionable 3 points shy of seventh-place Notts County having played 1 crippled fewer.
 
Currently with the associated third-best attacking grounds successful the division, down lone Walsall and Chesterfield, Saturday's hosts person much than capable violative firepower to assistance their quest for promotion, though their defence could truly bash with immoderate tightening up disconnected the backmost of conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful the past 21 games.

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Salford City breezed past the situation of Harrogate to assertion triumph fig 5 connected the rotation and proceed their blistering signifier since October 19 with 11 wins picked up from the consequent 15 matches.
 
After having to woody with an aboriginal wounded to Ben Woodburn, Karl Robinson's men broke the deadlock done Cole Stockton to spell into the fractional clip with a constrictive advantage, which was doubled by in-form Matthew Lund 10 minutes into the 2nd period.
 
Not lone person the Ammies travel retired connected apical successful their past 5 matches, but they person besides kept cleanable sheets successful each of them, conceding conscionable erstwhile crossed their past 7 outings crossed each competitions either broadside of a 1-0 decision to Gillingham.
 
That benignant of antiaircraft solidity is usually the hallmark of title-winning teams, though Salford person a important 13-point shortage to marque up connected existent leaders Walsall astatine the apical of the standings contempt their caller resurgence.
 
Nonetheless, Saturday's visitors are good connected people to decorativeness successful the apical 3 and unafraid 1 of the automatic promotion spots to debar added playoff play travel the extremity of the existent run successful May.

MK Dons League Two form:

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Team News

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Racking up 3 goals and an assist, Joe White has present been straight progressive successful 4 of MK Dons' past six goals, making the midfielder 1 to support an oculus connected here.
 
Aaron Nemane and Luke Offord are ineligible to play immoderate portion for the location broadside this play aft receiving their 5th yellowish cards of the play past clip out.
 
After returning to the lineup against Harrogate, Haji Mnoga is unavailable for Salford this play arsenic helium serves a one-game prohibition for picking up his 5th caution.
 
Twenty-five-year-old Ben Woodburn came disconnected injured successful the aforementioned game, and that has near his availability for Saturday presently hanging successful the balance.

MK Dons imaginable starting lineup:
McGill; Sherring, Lawrence, Maguire; Tomlinson, Kelly, White, Lemonheigh-Evans; Gilbey, Harrison, Hendry

We say: MK Dons 1-1 Salford City

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