NOTTINGHAM. AFC Wimbledon tops Notts County with a 2-0 win with an own goal from C. Rawlinson (80′) and a goal from K. Balmer (85′). Notts County was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Meadow Lane Stadium stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 10,224 spectators.​ The referee was Simon Mather with the collaboration of Joe Simpson and Jacob Lehane. The 4th official was Ollie Williams. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Notts County had a strong ball possession 70% while AFC Wimbledon was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Notts County had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, AFC Wimbledon was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Notts County shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, AFC Wimbledon shot 8 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Notts County received 2 yellow cards (Kyle Cameron and Jim O’Brien). On the other side, AFC Wimbledon received 5 yellow cards (Alex Bass, John-Joe O’Toole, Omar Bugiel, James Tilley and Jake Reeves).

Standings

After playing this match, Notts County stays with 47 points to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, AFC Wimbledon will has 54 points like Walsall and Morecambe to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Notts County will play away against Crawley Town on the 12th of March with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of Notts County (3 draws).

AFC Wimbledon will host Gillingham on the 12th of March with a 8-6 head to head in favor of AFC Wimbledon (6 draws).

Notts County – Formation

Notts County adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Stuart Maynard decided to play with the following team: Sam Slocombe (6.6), Lewis Macari (7.3), Aden Baldwin (7.5), Kyle Cameron (6.4), Aaron Nemane (7.0), Jim O’Brien (7.0), Scott Robertson (7.3), Adam Chicksen (6.6), Daniel Crowley (7.3), Jodi Jones (7.3) and Macaulay Langstaff (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Connell Rawlinson (6.1), Sam Austin (6.4), Will Randall (6.6), Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Alassana Jatta, Luca Ashby-Hammond and Charlie Colkett.

Notts County could not rely on the presence of Connell Rawlinson (injured).

Substitutions

Notts County made 3 changes: Jim O’Brien for Sam Austin (71′), Aden Baldwin for Connell Rawlinson (65′) and Adam Chicksen for Will Randall (87′).

Player of the match: Aden Baldwin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Notts County was Aden Baldwin.

His rating is 7.5 with 81 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

AFC Wimbledon – Formation

Also AFC Wimbledon adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Johnnie Jackson played with: Alex Bass (7.3), Kofi Balmer (8.1), John-Joe O’Toole (7.3), Lee Brown (6.8), Josh Neufville (7.0), Jake Reeves (6.8), Armani Little (7.3), Jack Currie (7.3), James Tilley (6.3), Josh Kelly (6.4) and Omar Bugiel (7.3).

They had on the bench: Nik Tzanev, Harry Pell, Josh Davison, James Ball, Ronan Curtis (7.0), Isaac Ogundere and John-Kymani Gordon (6.4).

AFC Wimbledon could not rely on the presence of Harry Pell (injured).

Substitutions

AFC Wimbledon made 3 changes: Josh Kelly for John-Kymani Gordon (66′), James Tilley for Ronan Curtis (66′) and Omar Bugiel for Harry Pell (89′).

Player of the match: Kofi Balmer​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Wimbledon was Kofi Balmer.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 31 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Sutton United – Grimsby Town – 1-1
• Stockport County – Newport County – 1-0
• Notts County – AFC Wimbledon – 0-2
• Morecambe – Wrexham – 1-3
• Milton Keynes Dons – Salford City – 3-1
• Mansfield Town – Swindon Town – 3-2
• Harrogate Town – Crawley Town – 1-2
• Gillingham – Tranmere Rovers – 1-1
• Forest Green Rovers – Walsall – 2-0
• Doncaster Rovers – Crewe Alexandra – 2-0
• Barrow – Colchester United – 2-0
• Accrington Stanley – Bradford City – 0-3