Luke McCormick and Ayoub Assal struck in the second half to take AFC Wimbledon’s unbeaten League One run to three games with a 2-0 win over Accrington.
Both sides struggled in the first half with neither side having a shot on target in windy conditions.
Wimbledon’s best chance fell to top scorer Ollie Palmer in the 26th minute but he rifled his close-range effort over the bar.
Stanley came closest after 40 minutes when Sean McConville’s free-kick found Harry Pell at the far post but he steered his header off target.
The home side should have opened the scoring in the 55th minute when Harvey Rodgers had a free header but he could not find the target.
Wimbledon then struck on 59 minutes when Paul Osew’s ball in from the right found McCormick in the area and he took a touch and fired it home. It was his fifth goal of the season in all competitions.
The second came on 76 minutes when Osew’s strike hit Stanley defender Yeboah Amankwah in the area and it landed for Assal to slot home his fourth goal in three games.
Keeper Nik Tzanev pulled off three superb saves at the end to keep a clean sheet for the Dons.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 40Savin
- 5Sykes
- 12NottinghamBooked at 66mins
- 38AmankwahSubstituted forO’Sullivanat 77′minutes
- 2Rodgers
- 16Coyle
- 28ConneelySubstituted forNolanat 45′minutes
- 4HamiltonBooked at 45mins
- 8Pell
- 11McConville
- 9Bishop
Substitutes
- 1Trafford
- 7O’Sullivan
- 14In the brain
- 15Procter
- 26Mansell
- 35Nolan
- 41Malcolm
Wimbledon
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Tzanev
- 37Osew
- 22Heneghan
- 3Kiss
- 18Guinness-Walker
- 4Woodyard
- 8Hartigan
- 10Assal
- 21McCormick
- 12Rudoni
- 9Palmer
Substitutes
- 2Lawrence
- 6Marsh
- 11Chislett
- 16Awokoya-Mebude
- 25Kaja
- 31Oualah
- 32Charles
- Referee:
- Simon Mather
- Attendance:
- 1,746
Live Text
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Match ends, Accrington Stanley 0, AFC Wimbledon 2.
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Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 0, AFC Wimbledon 2.
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Michael Nottingham (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ollie Palmer (AFC Wimbledon).
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Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
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Hand ball by Dániel Csóka (AFC Wimbledon).
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Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ben Heneghan (AFC Wimbledon).
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Attempt saved. John O’Sullivan (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sean McConville with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Michael Nottingham.
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Attempt blocked. Michael Nottingham (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sean McConville with a cross.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Nikola Tzanev.
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Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Colby Bishop.
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Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ollie Palmer (AFC Wimbledon).
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Nesta Guinness-Walker.
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Attempt blocked. Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Nottingham with a headed pass.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Luke McCormick.
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Attempt blocked. Ross Sykes (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sean McConville with a cross.
