National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Milton Keynes Dons or Wycombe Wanderers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Milton Keynes Dons nor Wycombe Wanderers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
Milton participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.13 points is a decent return from 6 League One games here at Stadium mk for Milton Keynes Dons. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The fans are hoping that Milton Keynes Dons will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Doncaster Rovers. Midfielder Peter Kioso was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Kioso scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Milton Keynes Dons drew at home versus Fleetwood Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Milton Keynes Dons perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Milton Keynes Dons as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Milton Keynes Dons has won eight of these, drawn one and lost four.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Wimbledon are coming to town in four days.
The Milton fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Wycombe Wanderers form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in League One matches, Wycombe Wanderers have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Ryan Tafazolli, Curtis Thompson, Sam Vokes and Daryl Horgan scored in Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Morecambe that ended 4-3. What a finish in the last match, as Wanderers came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Curtis Thompson's goal in the 90th minute. A stark raving crazy match with an abundance of goals last time out for Wanderers, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this game be as much fun? Late drama in the previous game, when Curtis Thompson scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Morecambe. The attacker Sam Vokes got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Vokes scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Shrewsbury Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Wycombe Wanderers win, three draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Wanderers, the League One home match versus Gillingham. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wanderers have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Wanderers have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Milton, three draws and three wins for Wycombe Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Twine 6 goals |   G. McCleary 4 goals | M. Eisa 3 goals |
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
Wycombe Wanderers missing players
| Milton Keynes Dons | Wycombe Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 39 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aston Villa U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Burton Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 7 |