AFC Wimbledon vs Northampton Town. Sky Bet League One.
Kingsmeadow StadiumAttendance4,485.
Friday 9 February 2018 13:18, UK
AFC Wimbledon captain Barry Fuller is in contention to return from injury when they host Northampton.
He has missed recent defeats at Rotherham and Bury with a calf injury but is expected to make his comeback this weekend. Will Nightingale will miss out, owing to a knee injury. Dean Parrett is also not yet ready to return, though he is nearing match fitness.
Shay Facey is a doubt for Northampton with a hamstring problem. The former Manchester City defender came off in the first half of Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Rochdale.
Brendan Moloney missed the game with a knee issue but is now fit and stands by to replace Facey in defence. Aaron Pierre and Aaron Phillips are long-term absentees and are not expected back for a month at the earliest.
The Wombles beat Northampton for the first time in 13 meetings in the Football League (D6 L6) courtesy of Harry Forrester's winner in a 1-0 victory in October.
The Cobblers have never lost away at AFC Wimbledon in six previous visits in the top four tiers of English football, scoring at least once on each such occasion and keeping three clean sheets themselves (W3 D3).
AFC Wimbledon are on a run of three straight league wins on home soil, scoring exactly two goals in each of those games. The Wombles have not won four on the spin at home in a single campaign since September 2013 (five straight wins).
Northampton have won just one of their last six League One matches on the road (D1 L4) conceding in each of their last 10 away matches in the competition. In fact, the Cobblers last clean sheet on the road came back in September last year (0-0 against the MK Dons).
Of his last 30 away Football League matches, Jimmy Floyd-Hasslebaink has won just six games in all, giving him a win percentage of just 20% (D12 L12).
