Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Doncaster Rovers 0.
WimbledonAFC Wimbledon2DoncasterDoncaster Rovers0
Steve Seddon and Shane McLoughlin fired bottom club Wimbledon to a crucial win against 10-man Doncaster.
Promotion-chasing Rovers had John Marquis sent off for two bookable offences after 51 minutes.
Seddon then put the Dons ahead on 67 minutes with substitute McLoughlin sealing a first league home win since Boxing Day in injury time.
Wally Downes' side are now seven points from safety, while Rovers remain sixth despite a fifth game without a win.
The game was 20 minutes old before Toby Sibbick's fierce drive forced Rovers keeper Marko Marosi into the first save of the game.
But the Dons right-wing back then failed to hit the target after Michael Folivi's jinking run and pass had sent him clear.
Marquis headed Rovers' best chance of the first half onto the top of the bar following James Coppinger's 37th-minute free-kick.
It was the Rovers striker's last positive contribution as he was booked for tangling with Simon Wagstaff just before half-time.
Marquis received his marching orders just seconds after Aaron Ramsdale tipped over Ben Whiteman's 20-yard shot which looked bound for the top corner.
After Ramsdale saved Butler's header from the resulting corner he was blocked by Marquis who was shown his second yellow card.
The 10 men held out until Joe Pigott's pass allowed Seddon to blast a left-foot shot past Marosi.
Ramsdale twice denied Coppinger on the closing stages before sub McLoughlin sealed the points with a low right-foot shot in injury time.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Wimbledon
Formation 3-5-2
- 35Ramsdale
- 30Kalambayi
- 5Nightingale
- 6Thomas
- 20SibbickSubstituted forMcLoughlinat 63'minutes
- 7WagstaffBooked at 44minsSubstituted forBarchamat 63'minutes
- 8Hartigan
- 40Wordsworth
- 15Seddon
- 39PigottSubstituted forHansonat 81'minutes
- 41Folivi
Substitutes
- 2Watson
- 11Pinnock
- 16Connolly
- 17Barcham
- 18Hanson
- 24McDonnell
- 38McLoughlin
Doncaster
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Marosi
- 44LewisSubstituted forCrawfordat 45'minutes
- 31Downing
- 6Butler
- 3Andrew
- 17Blair
- 8Whiteman
- 15KaneSubstituted forSmithat 68'minutes
- 7WilksSubstituted forMayat 68'minutes
- 9MarquisBooked at 51mins
- 26Coppinger
Substitutes
- 10Rowe
- 11Crawford
- 12Anderson
- 18Smith
- 19May
- 22Sadlier
- 33Jones
- Referee:
- Paul Marsden
- Attendance:
- 4,203
Match Stats
Home TeamWimbledonAway TeamDoncaster
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away4
- Corners
- Home3
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away6
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Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Doncaster Rovers 0.
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Attempt blocked. James Coppinger (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal!
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 2, Doncaster Rovers 0. Shane McLoughlin (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
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Michael Folivi (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Doncaster Rovers).
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Attempt saved. Alfie May (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Alfie May (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. Tyler Smith (Doncaster Rovers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
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Attempt saved. James Coppinger (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) header from very close range is just a bit too high following a corner.
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Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Will Nightingale.
Substitution
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. James Hanson replaces Joe Pigott.
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Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Will Nightingale.
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Paul Downing (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Joe Pigott (AFC Wimbledon).
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Terell Thomas (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Tyler Smith (Doncaster Rovers).
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Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
