Match Preview: City vs MK Dons

27 February 2023

City will aim to extend their unbeaten run to eight matches when facing MK Dons on Tuesday 28 February (7:45pm KO).

All the key information you need to know ahead of the fixture can be found in this match preview.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets will be available to purchase on the day of the game from the ticket office, with no price increase in place.

Alternatively, supporters can secure their seat online by clicking HERE.

MATCH COVERAGE

The match is available for live streaming domestically for just £10, or the equivalent cost in your local currency if outside the UK and Ireland.

The feed includes expert commentary from the BBC Radio Lincolnshire sports team, including replays of key moments as well as match statistics and latest scores around the division.

iFollow Imps subscribers can watch all the reaction, including post-match interviews and match highlights.

City supporters unable to make it to the LNER Stadium will also be able to follow the action with regular updates on the club’s official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages.

Purchase your match pass HERE.

MK DONS

Nickname: The Dons

Founded: 2004

Stadium: Stadium MK

Manager: Mark Jackson

Top scorer: Mo Eisa (seven goals)

League position: 22nd

LAST TIME OUT

Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Imps

Sky Bet League One

Imps: Rushworth, Poole, Boyes (Sorensen 68’), Bishop (Plange 83’), Shodipo (Vernam 59’), Erhahon, O’Connor, House, Eyoma, Roughan, Diamond. Subs (not used): Wright, Sanders.

MK Dons 0-1 Ipswich Town

Sky Bet League One

MK Dons: Cumming, Watson, Tucker, McEachran, Eisa (Grigg 88’), Leko (Holland 78’), Lawrence, Kaikai, Devoy (Burns 73’), Jules, Maghoma. Subs (not used): Ravizzoli, Smith, Robson, Johnson.

LEAGUE FORM

Imps: WWDDD

MK Dons: WDLLL

KENNEDY’S THOUGHTS

Hear from the head coach below…

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Assistant referee: Ian Smedley

Assistant referee: Richard Wigglesworth

Fourth official: Mark Jones

MK Dons will be in their black third strip.

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Match Reports

Imps 1 MK Dons 1

28 February 2023

City were made to settle for a point at the LNER Stadium after conceding a late equaliser against MK Dons.

The Imps started quickly again as they scored the opening goal in the fifth minute when Jack Diamond spotted Danny Mandroiu with a ball across the edge of the box which the frontman struck first time in off the underside of the bar.

The two sides continued battling to gain a foothold in the match during the next 30 minutes that followed this, with the best chance falling to Regan Poole inside the area whose low cross evaded everyone.

Paudie O’Connor made a crucial challenge to deny a goalscoring opportunity in the 42nd minute as Mo Eisa raced into the left side of the box before getting tackled last minute by the defender.

O’Connor was there for City once again in the 57th minute as Jonathan Leko got the better of Harry Boyes to cross towards Eisa at the back post whose header was cleared off the line by the Irish defender.

In what was a fairly even second half the Imps had a chance to double their lead through two crosses from the right as Ted Bishop’s mistimed effort was shortly followed by Boyes who couldn’t get the ball out of his feet to shoot.

A few minutes later Mark Jackson’s side had a big chance to level as a ball was whipped in from the right to Will Grigg in the centre whose shot couldn’t beat the reactions of Carl Rushworth in the City goal.

Rushworth was called into action again in the 79th minute as Zak Jules rose highest to meet an inswinging corner into the box which he could only place straight into the goalie’s gloves.

Mandroiu was very close to netting his and City’s second of the night in the 88th minute after finding space outside the area to drive a powerful right-footed effort against the base of the left post.

The Imps were made to pay for this missed opportunity as the visitors levelled with a minute left to play when Paris Maghoma met a dangerous corner in the box to send a looping effort into the far corner of the net.

City: Carl Rushworth, Regan Poole ©, Harry Boyes, Luke Plange (Ben House 68’), Ted Bishop (Max Sanders 80’), Ethan Erhahon, Paudie O’Connor, Danny Mandroiu, TJ Eyoma (Lasse Sorensen 49’), Sean Roughan, Jack Diamond (Mide Shodipo 80’). Subs (not used): Jordan Wright, Charles Vernam.

Goals: Mandroiu (5’).

MK Dons: Jamie Cumming, Tennai Watson, Jack Tucker, Josh McEachran © (Dawson Devoy 58’), Ethan Robson (Nathan Holland 58’), Mo Eisa (Will Grigg 68’), Jonathan Leko, Daniel Harvie, Sully Kaikai, Zak Jules, Paris Maghoma. Subs (not used): Franco Ravizzoli, Matt Smith, Bradley Johnson, Henry Lawrence.

Goals: Maghoma (89’).

Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge.

Attendance: 7,056 (186 away).

Ticket News

Tickets: MK Dons (H)

23 January 2023

Tickets for City's rearranged fixture against MK Dons on Tuesday 28 February (7:45pm KO) are now on general sale.

Tickets purchased for the original game, which was postponed due to international call ups, will be valid for the rearranged fixture.

Match ticket prices can be viewed HERE.

Further details

Please note that home tickets are digital and can be printed at home. If you do not have the facility to print your ticket(s), please email printmyticket@theredimps.com by 5pm on the day before the corresponding game.