AFC Wimbledon 1 Portsmouth 3 FT: RECAP the drama which puts Blues on cusp of play-offs

Today is D-Day for Pompey’s play-off ambitions.
Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.
Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.

Only a win will do as they go to AFC Wimbledon’s new Plough Lane home for the first time.

The stakes are high in the race for a top-six place in the penultimate game of the regular season.

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We will be building up to the game at SW19 with plenty of insight and video.

Then it’s the team news and reaction at 2pm before live commentary in a game Pompey quite simply have to win.

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AFC Wimbledon 1 Pompey 3

Key Events

  • Three changes for Pompey
  • Downing, Williams,Brown in for Byers, Bolton and Nicolaisen
  • Pigott opens scoring
  • Curtis levels 24 min
  • Brown 2-1 (45min)
  • Brown 3-1 (45+4min)

Six minutes’ stoppage time

Guiness-Walker cuts in and fires at MacGillivray

Williams frees Marquis but Tzanev gets a touch as he rounds the keeper. Marquis squares and White’s shot is deflected wide

That goal puts Oxford a point behind Pompey - but a win against Accrington guarantees the play-offs

Shrewsbury 2 Oxford 3

Wimbledon pushing foward but Pompey looking comfortable now

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