League Two: AFC Wimbledon - Tranmere Rovers pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kingsmeadow (5339 seats)

AFC Wimbledon hope to sell many tickets for this game even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 47 points and a 20th spot in the League Two table. Opponents Tranmere Rovers are in 11th place with 57 pts.

Insights:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (38) in League Two

AFC Wimbledon can neither be promoted or relegated from League Two. Tranmere is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an animated match!

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, AFC Wimbledon have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 22 games. Game days at Kingsmeadow have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for AFC Wimbledon as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Wimbledon regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Kingsmeadow: A 1-5 defeat against Swindon Town (placed 10th). AFC Wimbledon were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Chislett got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Chislett served one assist and hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Wimbledon lost 1-2 at Stevenage's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with AFC Wimbledon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AFC Wimbledon as a small favourite), we find 12 games. AFC Wimbledon has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Observe: 11 of the latest 14 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Wimbledon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 22 matches. On the other hand, AFC Wimbledon have conceded 29 goals.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Tranmere Rovers have only collected 21 points from their away games in the League Two, after 5-6-11 (22 played).

Impressive finishing from Hughes and Hawkes secured the home win 2-0 against Grimsby Town in their previous game. Hughes got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Hughes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Rochdale.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 20 relevant matches. Results were 4 Tranmere Rovers wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this club's latest 16 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere as they have only managed to score 17 times from 22 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Tranmere Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants met previously this campaign; Tranmere Rovers - AFC Wimbledon 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): AFC Wimbledon one win, two draws and Tranmere Rovers one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tranmere RoversJ. Hawkes
J. Hawkes
10 goals
WimbledonE. Chislett
E. Chislett
9 goals
AFC WimbledonJ. Davison
J. Davison
9 goals

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Wimbledon Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
11 7 2 Won W 1 5 15
14 6 2 Drew D 4 6 12
19 9 3 Lost L 2 11 17
47 25 7 Scored S 6 17 44
58 29 10 Conceded C 7 27 46
84% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 93%
66% 64% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 68% 70%
45% 36% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 27% 30%
25% 32% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 9% 9%
11% 18% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
52% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 41% 39%
32% 32% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 39%
32% 32% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 41% 30%
 
4 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 4.6 5
5.4 4.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.8 5
2.3 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.5
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.5 11.8 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 10.7 10.7
2.5 2.8 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.2 3.4
44% 40% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 30%
 
10.9 10.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.4 11.2
3.6 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.1 3.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (38) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

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