Match Report
The table read 5th (AFC Wimbledon, 73 pts) against 13th (Crewe Alexandra, 62 pts), 11 points apart. AFC Wimbledon's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: AFC Wimbledon 1.22 scored and 0.76 conceded per game, Crewe Alexandra 1.07 and 1.04, with the league averaging 1.25.
AFC Wimbledon carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 1 for AFC Wimbledon, 3 for Crewe Alexandra and 7 drawn, at 3.09 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 18% of those meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 91% of the meetings. Where history says 3.09 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames, capacity 4,850, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: AFC Wimbledon led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
AFC Wimbledon: Mathew Stevens (41'), Mathew Stevens (56'), Jake Reeves (45')