This league campaign has been gruelling for AFC Wimbledon up to now, while Portsmouth have won many games. Will the away team chalk up another victory at The Cherry Red Records Stadium?
- AFC Wimbledon have the most points from losing position (17) in League One
- Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
This could be an interesting fixture with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
AFC Wimbledon form and stats
AFC Wimbledon have played 9 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Wimbledon travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wycombe Wanderers that ended 2-2. Midfielder Jack Rudoni was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.1 (out of ten) in that game. Rudoni scored two goals and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Accrington Stanley.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 twelve games. Wimbledon has won four of these, drawn five and lost three.
AFC Wimbledon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Cherry Red Records Stadium with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Portsmouth form and stats
Playing away, Portsmouth, who have the most clean sheets (11) in League One, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the League One this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Portsmouth on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Portsmouth have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu. It's been 426 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
Portsmouth go into this game after a win, the home game against Morecambe that ended 2-0. Miguel Azeez got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Azeez hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sheffield Wednesday.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Portsmouth, one draw and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portsmouth manager Cowley as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Exeter City.
Portsmouth have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Portsmouth in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged match featuring both these teams is the Portsmouth - Wimbledon 2-1 played earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Wimbledon, zero draws and seven wins for Portsmouth. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  M. Harness 9 goals |  J. Rudoni 7 goals | A. Assal 4 goals |
AFC Wimbledon missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| AFC Wimbledon | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 32 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 80% | 89% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 45% | 59% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 45% |
| 40% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 65% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 45% | 50% |
| 25% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 4 | 4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 12.9 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.3 | 12.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 34% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 35% |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- AFC Wimbledon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- AFC Wimbledon have the most points from losing position (17) in League One
- AFC Wimbledon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth have the most clean sheets (11) in League One
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 21 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 15 |