We won away!

 After Tuesdays surprising defeat at home to Cheltenham, the Dons face their longest away trip this season as they head to Cumbria to face bottom of the league, Carlisle United. A win for Carlisle would help them get back on track towards survival and a win for Wimbledon would keep their automatic dreams alive. 

Changes from Tuesday saw James Tilley left out of the squad due to some injury concerns which saw James Furlong replace him on the left side. Aswell as Callum Maycock replacing Marcus Browne in midfield and Ryan Johnson returns from injury to replace Issac Ogundere. 

A promising start from the Wombles as inside 2 minutes they see themselves 0-1 up thanks to a clever strike from Callum Maycock placing it into the top corner. The start the Dons needed. The first half saw very little quality after the goal however a massive chance for Wimbledon to make it 2 came Bugiels way as a shot from Smith was fumbled by the Carlisle goalkeeper which fell kindly to Bugiel but somehow he misses from about 6 yards or even closer. 

The second half Wimbledon started brightly again as a loose ball finds the way of Bugiel who plays into Neufville who twists and turns to eventually playing a ball across the box and Alistair Smith was their to place the ball home. 0-2. Carlisle put pressure on the Dons as Kadeem Harris places a perfect ball onto the back post where Matt Dennis heads home to make it 1-2. However Carlisle barely threatened the goal afterwards and the Dons comfortably saw the game out.

Full time: Carlisle United 1-2 AFC Wimbledon 

Not the best performance but at this point in the season it’s all about just getting the 3 points doesn’t matter how you do it. It puts us right in the mix for automatics but we just need to back this game up with a win to Barrow. 

MOTM: Alistair Smith 🥇

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