This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, both rise and fall giving mid-table positions so far. Make ready for Walsall - AFC Wimbledon!
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Walsall saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. This match was also played here at Poundland Bescot Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, AFC Wimbledon have had more rest.
Walsall form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Walsall have to build on here at Poundland Bescot Stadium in the League Two.
The Walsall regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Northampton Town and win 1-0. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in nine consecutive matches. Allen (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Allen hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Walsall played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Stockport County.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Betting people who like betting for low-scoring games might like to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
Walsall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Walsall have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AFC Wimbledon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AFC Wimbledon so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Wimbledon had fun at their own home (Poundland Bescot Stadium) last time out, beating Colchester United 2-1. Davison (2) scored. Those three points felt good as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. Attacker Davison got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Davison scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Before that, AFC Wimbledon travelled to Bradford City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Wimbledon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
AFC Wimbledon find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wimbledon have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - zero - three (Walsall wins - draws - AFC Wimbledon wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 7 goals |   J. Davison 4 goals |  E. Chislett 3 goals |
Walsall missing players
AFC Wimbledon missing players
| Walsall | AFC Wimbledon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 8.9 | 7.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 12.7 | 11.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- AFC Wimbledon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Barrow | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Newport County | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
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