League One
MK DonsMilton Keynes Dons1PeterboroughPeterborough United0

Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Peterborough United

Chuks Aneke scored his seventh goal of the season as nine-man MK Dons recorded a resilient win over rivals Peterborough.

Both Joe Walsh and Osman Sow were dismissed by referee Charles Breakspear by the time 35 minutes had been played but despite playing with a two-man advantage for almost an hour, Posh could not break down a dogged Dons defence as they recorded their first league win since the beginning of November.

The hosts were up in arms after just nine minutes when Walsh was deemed to have bundled Jack Marriott down in a last-ditch challenge on the edge of the Dons box and was shown red.

But the hosts took a deserved lead when Aneke unleashed a powerful drive from the edge of the box that wrong-footed Posh keeper Jonathan Bond, before the hosts saw Sow dismissed for an alleged high-footed challenge on Ryan Tafazolli 10 minutes before the break.

And although Marcus Maddison smashed the Dons crossbar late on, the visitors could not break down an almighty effort by the nine men of Milton Keynes.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

Line-ups

MK Dons

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Nicholls
  • 2WilliamsBooked at 90mins
  • 19Ebanks-Landell
  • 4WalshBooked at 9mins
  • 12GolbourneBooked at 43mins
  • 8Cissé
  • 18McGrandles Substituted forUpsonat 84'minutes
  • 26GilbeyBooked at 25mins
  • 9SowBooked at 35mins
  • 10Aneke Substituted forMuirheadat 75'minutes
  • 11Pawlett Substituted forAgardat 84'minutes

Substitutes

  • 5Wootton
  • 6Upson
  • 7Ariyibi
  • 13Sietsma
  • 14Agard
  • 15Seager
  • 16Muirhead

Peterborough

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Bond
  • 17Penny Substituted forMoriasat 38'minutes
  • 5TafazolliBooked at 51mins
  • 27Taylor
  • 3Hughes
  • 20Doughty Substituted forAndersonat 63'minutes
  • 42Grant
  • 10Lloyd-McGoldrick
  • 8ForresterBooked at 13mins Substituted forDa Silva Lopesat 45'minutes
  • 11Maddison
  • 14Marriott

Substitutes

  • 2Shephard
  • 16Morias
  • 18Da Silva Lopes
  • 19Kanu
  • 21Anderson
  • 25O'Malley
  • 32Freestone
Referee:
Charles Breakspear
Attendance:
10,304

Match Stats

Home TeamMK DonsAway TeamPeterborough
Possession
Home45%
Away55%
Shots
Home6
Away19
Shots on Target
Home3
Away7
Corners
Home4
Away9
Fouls
Home11
Away16

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, MK Dons 1, Peterborough United 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, MK Dons 1, Peterborough United 0.

  3. Post update

    Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).

  4. Post update

    Andrew Hughes (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  5. Post update

    Attempt missed. Kieran Agard (MK Dons) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.

  6. Booking

    George B Williams (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  7. Post update

    Foul by George B Williams (MK Dons).

  8. Post update

    Danny Lloyd (Peterborough United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  9. Post update

    Robbie Muirhead (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  10. Post update

    Foul by Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United).

  11. Post update

    Ed Upson (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  12. Post update

    Foul by Jermaine Anderson (Peterborough United).

  13. Post update

    Delay in match George B Williams (MK Dons) because of an injury.

  14. Post update

    Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

  15. Post update

    Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Lee Nicholls.

  16. Post update

    Attempt saved. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

  17. Post update

    Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Ed Upson.

  18. Substitution

    Substitution, MK Dons. Kieran Agard replaces Peter Pawlett.

  19. Substitution

    Substitution, MK Dons. Ed Upson replaces Conor McGrandles because of an injury.

  20. Post update

    Delay in match Conor McGrandles (MK Dons) because of an injury.

As It Stood

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Wigan 24 16 5 3 49 12 37 53
2 Shrewsbury 24 15 6 3 32 15 17 51
3 Blackburn 24 14 6 4 44 22 22 48
4 Scunthorpe 25 13 7 5 36 22 14 46
5 Bradford 25 14 3 8 40 33 7 45
6 Portsmouth 25 13 2 10 32 28 4 41
7 Rotherham 25 12 3 10 43 34 9 39
8 Peterborough 25 11 5 9 42 36 6 38
9 Charlton 24 10 7 7 31 30 1 37
10 Doncaster 25 9 6 10 28 27 1 33
11 Fleetwood 25 9 6 10 35 38 -3 33
12 Oxford Utd 25 8 8 9 38 38 0 32
13 Southend 25 8 7 10 30 40 -10 31
14 Walsall 24 7 9 8 31 33 -2 30
15 Blackpool 25 7 8 10 32 36 -4 29
16 Bristol Rovers 25 9 2 14 34 42 -8 29
17 MK Dons 25 7 8 10 27 35 -8 29
18 Gillingham 25 6 10 9 25 28 -3 28
19 Oldham 25 7 7 11 39 47 -8 28
20 Plymouth 25 7 7 11 25 34 -9 28
21 Wimbledon 24 6 6 12 20 31 -11 24
22 Northampton 25 6 5 14 20 45 -25 23
23 Rochdale 24 4 10 10 24 33 -9 22
24 Bury 24 4 5 15 19 37 -18 17
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