Walsall head to The Cherry Red Records Stadium on Saturday for the League Two tie with home team AFC Wimbledon.
All AFC Wimbledon v Walsall match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
AFC Wimbledon
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AFC Wimbledon will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-2 League Two losing effort in their last game against Tranmere Rovers.
The only scorer from AFC Wimbledon was Josh Kelly (56', 95'). Harvey Saunders (35'), Rob Apter (45') and Connor Jennings (71') scored for Tranmere Rovers.
It’s been all too rare in recent games where AFC Wimbledon haven’t conceded. The facts show that AFC Wimbledon have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals during that time. That being said, we must now wait to see if such a trend might be maintained in this match.
Pre-game facts show that AFC Wimbledon:
- have not been beaten in the league by Walsall in their last 2 matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
Walsall
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Bradford City in League Two competition, Walsall and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
For Walsall, the goals were scored by Ryan Stirk (7') and Modou Faal (16'). Andy Cook (19') and Jamie Walker (40', 53') scored for Bradford City.
Showing their fondness for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the previous six games in which Walsall have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 3.67 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have managed 11 from this total.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 14/04/2018 shows that AFC Wimbledon have won 4 of these and Walsall 2, with the number of drawn results being 0.
A combined total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 from The Dons and 9 netted by The Saddlers. The average goals per game has been 3.33.
The last league clash between the two was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when the final score was Walsall 1-3 AFC Wimbledon.
The match was refereed by Declan Bourne.
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Team News: AFC Wimbledon
The AFC Wimbledon manager Johnnie Jackson has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.
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Team News: Walsall
Thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Walsall boss Mat Sadler does not have any fitness worries at all before this game.
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Prediction
We’re envisaging that Walsall might well have a job on their hands to find the net against this AFC Wimbledon side who we think should emerge victorious.
We’re going for a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for AFC Wimbledon at the end of the match.
It should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
02:02 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
AFC Wimbledon
Formed: 2002
Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium (9,215)
Captain: Jake Reeves
Chairman: Mick Buckley
Manager: Johnnie Jackson
Competitions: League Two position 12
⭐ Star Man: Omar Bugiel
Usually played in the Striker position, Omar Bugiel was born in Germany. Having made a first senior appearance for Forest Green Rovers in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has hit 10 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 40 appearances.