MK Dons have been drawn away to AFC Wimbledon in the first round of the 2019/20 Carabao Cup. The draw for the competition was made by former players John Barnes and Ray Parlour at the Morrisons supermarket in Colindale, London. This will be the first time the two sides have played each other since the 2017/18 season after Milton Keynes played last season in League Two.
Carabao Cup: AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons
#MKDons will travel to AFC Wimbledon in Round One of the Carabao Cup.
The tie will take place during the week commencing 12th August. pic.twitter.com/ty8clKuMxe
— MK Dons (@MKDonsFC) June 20, 2019
UPDATE | Wimbledon have been drawn at home to Milton Keynes in the first round of the @Carabao_Cup. The match will take place on the week commencing 12 August. #AFCW pic.twitter.com/705q7PxPKG
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) June 20, 2019
Past Meetings
The rivalry between these two needs no further explanation. It will be the eighth time the two have faced each other since their first meeting in 2012 – an FA Cup tie which MK won 2-1.
By the time the pair of league fixtures between the two has been played at the end of the season, the number of meetings will be into double figures.
After the opening meeting in 2012, a 2014 league cup tie saw AFC Wimbledon defeated 3-1 at Stadium MK while, later in that season, they finally got their revenge when a late goal from Adebayo AKinfenwa handed them a 3-2 success in a Johnstone’s Paint Trophy fixture.
MK then secured a 1-0 victory in the first league match between the two sides when Dean Bowditch’s penalty was enough to separate them, but AFC Wimbledon again got their own back when they recorded their first home victory over the side.
Milton Keynes then won on enemy territory for the first time in the 2017/18 season, owing greatly to Lee Nicholls’ penalty save, before a goalless draw was played out at Stadium MK later that campaign.
April also sees #MKDons make the journey down to Kingsmeadow to face AFC Wimbledon.
On our last visit, Lee Nicholls saved a penalty to help us to a 2-0 win ?#FixtureReleaseDay pic.twitter.com/xFpcsvTh4j
— MK Dons (@MKDonsFC) June 20, 2019
To see the full set of Carabao Cup fixtures, click here.
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