2023
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Sky Bet League - Division Two
Cherry Red Records Stadium, Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,108
Ref: Carl Brook
 
Wimbledon
Omar Bugiel (51,70)
2 (0) - (2) 4
Accrington Stanley
Joe Pritchard (5,46), Tommy Leigh (9), Brad Hills (83)
21
Jon McCracken
4
Kelvin Mellor
Yellow 63m
3
Jay Rich-Baghuelou
Yellow 25m
5
Brad Hills
Yellow 54m Goal 83m
14
Rosaire Longelo
22
Dan Martin
Subbed 6666
8
Benjamin Woods
18
Tommy Leigh
Goal 9m Subbed 4646
10
Joe Pritchard
Goal 5m Goal 46m
7
Shaun Whalley
19
Josh Andrews
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61
Jack McIntyre
2
Lewis Shipley
16
Joe Gubbins
17
Jack Nolan
Sub (18 46m)18-46
28
Seamus Conneely
Sub (22 66m)22-66
39
Josh Woods
55
Korede Adedoyin

Accrington secured a fourth consecutive League Two win after holding off an AFC Wimbledon comeback to claim a 4-2 victory.

Joe Pritchard's brace either side of Tommy Leigh's effort gave Stanley a 3-0 lead and, despite two goals from Dons substitute Omar Bugiel, Brad Hills added a fourth late on.

Stanley opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Dons keeper Alex Bass' fumble allowed captain Pritchard to bundle the ball into the net.

The visitors deservedly doubled their lead five minutes later when Leigh let go of a stunning 25-yarder that nestled in the top right corner.

Dons boss Johnnie Jackson made a triple switch at half-time but within 24 seconds of the restart the hosts were 3-0 down, Bass parrying straight into the path of Pritchard to tap home.

Jackson's changes took effect after 50 minutes when Bugiel swept home with his left foot and the substitute looked to have set up a grandstand finish when he forced home a second from James Tilley's corner.

But the hosts' comeback was quashed in the 83rd minute when Norwich loanee Hills headed home Pritchard's free-kick.

https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2023/october/dons-defeated-at-home-again-after-lacklustre-first-half/
https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2023/october/report-afc-wimbledon-v-stanley/