Match ends, Burton Albion 3, AFC Wimbledon 0.
BurtonBurton Albion3WimbledonAFC Wimbledon0
Burton got their League One campaign back on track with a confidence-boosting home victory over AFC Wimbledon.
Midfielder Stephen Quinn set the ball rolling with his first league goal since April 2016, on his full debut for the Brewers, volleying superbly past goalkeeper Tom King after 34 minutes.
Kwesi Appiah spurned two good chances to equalise for the Dons, seeing a shot deflected onto the crossbar and sending a header inches over as the visitors tried to respond before half-time.
Joe Pigott headed a corner into the ground and over the bar from close range as the visitors started the second half brightly, but it proved a costly miss as David Templeton doubled Albion's lead in the 54th minute with a precise curling effort after Liam Boyce had robbed Will Nightingale inside the box.
Boyce scored his fifth of the season on the hour mark after Templeton and Scott Fraser combined on the left for the Irishman to fire home.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Burton
Formation 4-3-3
- 40Collins
- 12Fox
- 10Akins
- 6Turner
- 19Hutchinson
- 23QuinnSubstituted forHeskethat 56'minutes
- 4Allen
- 7Fraser
- 17SordellSubstituted forMyers-Harnessat 89'minutes
- 27Boyce
- 11TempletonSubstituted forColeat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Hesketh
- 9Sbarra
- 16Myers-Harness
- 20Campbell
- 21Hodge
- 34Flannigan
- 44Cole
Wimbledon
Formation 4-4-2
- 1King
- 2WatsonSubstituted forPinnockat 74'minutes
- 4Oshilaja
- 5Nightingale
- 3Purrington
- 7WagstaffSubstituted forHansonat 61'minutes
- 14Trotter
- 40WordsworthBooked at 59mins
- 17Barcham
- 9AppiahSubstituted forJervisat 61'minutes
- 39Pigott
Substitutes
- 6Thomas
- 8Hartigan
- 10Jervis
- 11Pinnock
- 18Hanson
- 20Sibbick
- 24McDonnell
- Referee:
- Anthony Backhouse
- Attendance:
- 2,814
Match Stats
Home TeamBurtonAway TeamWimbledon
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away1
- Corners
- Home2
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away11
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 3, AFC Wimbledon 0.
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Attempt missed. Mitchell Pinnock (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
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Foul by Jamie Allen (Burton Albion).
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Joe Pigott (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Liam Trotter (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
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Attempt blocked. Jake Hesketh (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Marcus Myers-Harness replaces Marvin Sordell.
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Liam Boyce (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon).
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Attempt missed. James Hanson (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Ben Fox (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by James Hanson (AFC Wimbledon).
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Foul by Ben Fox (Burton Albion).
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Joe Pigott (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Jake Jervis (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Joe Pigott (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
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Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Jamie Allen.
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Attempt blocked. Liam Trotter (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Devante Cole (Burton Albion).
