The
Dons climbed to fourth spot following the comfortable 3-0 midweek home win
over Macclesfield after dropping out of the top three following last
weekend's 4-0 hammering at Peterborough. The Posh already had a two goal
lead before being reduced to ten men but went on to double their advantage
with a couple of late goals.
This was the Dons first defeat since the end of January when
they also got hammered 5-0 at Rochdale but are unbeaten at home since New
Year's Day when they lost 1-0 to Swindon Town.
Their record at the National Hockey Stadium has them ranked
fifth overall in the home league with 11 wins from 18 games with 3 draws and
four defeats. In the previous match at home, prior to the midweek win over
Macclesfield, the Dons came from 2-1 down to defeat
Boston 3-2 courtesy of two late goals but up to then this was their only win in the last
five games following a run of three successive draws.
The Dons have the best record in the league against teams in
the bottom half of the table with 15 wins out of 20 games where as
they have won only four out of sixteen against teams in the top half.
Top
goal scorer for the Dons is Izale Mcleod and the former Derby striker has
netted 22 times so far this season and was named League Two player of the
year at last month's annual Football League Awards. Mcleod is well backed up
by strike partner Clive Platt who has scored 14 goals this season with all
of them coming in the league.
Manager Martin Allen joined the Dons in the summer, replacing Danny
Wilson as manager who was dismissed after failing to keep them in League
1 last season. Allen was in charge of Brentford last season and surprisingly
resigned his position after the Bees lost in last season's play off semi
final to Swansea. |