2023
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Sky Bet League - Division Two
Cherry Red Records Stadium, Plough Lane
Attendance: 8,575
Ref: Sam Purkiss
 
Wimbledon
0 (0) - (0) 1
Sutton United
Omar Sowunmi (63)
21
Dean Bouzanis
22
Joe Kizzi
5
Ben Goodliffe
Yellow 44m Subbed 4646
42
Sam Hart
Subbed 8484
23
Ryan Jackson
11
Omari Patrick
Yellow 55m
10
Harry Beautyman
26
Dominic Gape
Subbed 5959
19
Tope Fadahunsi
Subbed 5959
9
Harry Smith
33
Lee Angol
Subbed 7373
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25
Steve Arnold
4
Omar Sowunmi
Sub (5 46m)5-46 Goal 63m
24
Robert Milsom
Sub (42 84m)42-84
18
Dion Pereira
Sub (19 59m)19-59
16
Craig Clay
Sub (26 59m)26-59 Yellow 79m
40
Aiden O'Brien
Sub (33 73m)33-73

Sutton moved off the foot of League Two with a win at local rivals AFC Wimbledon - their first away league victory for 10 months.

Jason Goodliffe enjoyed his first win as interim boss thanks to Omar Sowunmi's second-half goal at Plough Lane.

Alex Bass turned a close-range Ben Goodliffe shot around a post early in the first half and came to the rescue again as Harry Smith led another assault on the home team's goal.

For Wimbledon, James Tilley had a low shot saved by Dean Bouzanis and Ali Al-Hamadi flashed a header over the crossbar. He came close again in the second half with a fierce shot that was diverted wide by Sutton's Joe Kizzi.

Shortly after Bass had denied Omari Patrick from a narrow angle, Sutton scored the goal they deserved just after the hour when a Ryan Jackson throw-in bounced across goal and was headed in by Sowunmi.

As the home side looked for an equaliser, Al-Hamadi sent a header straight at Bouzanis from Armani Little's cross.

Sutton saw out eight minutes of stoppage time to give their hopes of avoiding the drop a boost, although Paul Kalambayi's overhead-kick in the last seconds bounced agonisingly wide.

https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2023/december/dons-suffer-disappointing-derby-defeat/
https://www.suttonunited.net/match-report-for-afc-wimbledon-0-sutton-united-1/