Bury v Wimbledon: Goals the play at Gigg Lane

Alan Dudman
04 November 2016

David Flitcroft is in a spot of bother at Bury

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Al Dudman takes a look at this all League One clash from the FA Cup first round where out of form Bury host Wimbledon...

"Bury have failed to keep a clean sheet since August, whilst Wimbledon have failed to score only once on their travels all season."

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Former FA Cup winners Wimbledon look a fair price for Saturday at nearly 2/1, especially with Bury in such poor form at the moment and their manager David Flitcroft facing a bit of pressure from the Shakers' fans.

Bury are dropping like a stone in League One, and from second in the table, they've gone to 15th following a run of seven successive losses. Flitcroft was manager of the month for September but he wasn't for last month having overseen the club's worst set of results for 15 years.

Wimbledon meanwhile have been motoring recently. Their unbeaten run of nine came to an end on Saturday against Bradford. The enemy for both the Dons and myself was James Hanson - who scored a 92nd minute winner for a 3-2 success. The draw was tipped in this column, and we're very familiar with late blows. However, the Bantams are one of the best sides in the division and they were matched by Neil Ardley's men for most parts.

The Dons are likely to be missing Dominic Poleon and Darius Charles, but they shouldn't have anything to fear as they have performed well against the better teams in the third tier.

Indeed, these two in a rather quirky twist of fate, have already played each other twice in the league. Wimbledon were 1-2 winners at Gigg Lane last month, whilst Bury won 1-3 at Kingsmeadow in September - but they are miles away from that form at the moment.

The angle of a high-scoring game here interests me most. Bury have failed to keep a clean sheet since August, whilst Wimbledon have failed to score only once on their travels all season. They were very good in the TV game at Oxford too, and should help for a dart at the Over 2.5 Goals.

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