Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Friday 29 December 2023

Result

Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Crawley Town

League Two · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Crawley Town: match report

Milton Keynes Dons beat Crawley Town 2-0 in the League Two on Friday 29 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Joe Tomlinson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Joe Tomlinson (2') and Alex Gilbey (82'). Crawley Town did not score.

Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 7th on 36 points from 22 and Crawley Town 11th on 33 points from 23. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Crawley Town 4th with 79.

Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 3-4-3 and Crawley Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Gilbey of Milton Keynes Dons (7.7), level with Max Dean (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 2 draws and 3 for Crawley Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Joe TomlinsonMilton Keynes Dons · 1-0
  • 7'Yellow card · Laurence MaguireCrawley Town
  • 17'Yellow card · Max DeanMilton Keynes Dons
  • 18'Yellow card · Conor GrantMilton Keynes Dons
  • 22'Yellow card · Danilo OrsiCrawley Town
  • 82'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 2-0
  • 85'Second yellow · Laurence MaguireCrawley Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Milton Keynes Dons 4, draws 2, Crawley Town 3.

Team news

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-4-3)

Craig MacGillivray, MJ Williams, Warren O'Hora, Dean Lewington, Alex Gilbey, Jack Payne, Dawson Devoy, Joe Tomlinson, Jonathan Leko, Max Dean, Conor Grant

Crawley Town line-up (3-4-3)

Corey Addai, Harry Ransom, Dion Conroy, Laurence Maguire, Kellan Gordon, Will Wright, Liam Kelly, Adam Campbell, Ronan Darcy, Danilo Orsi, Ade Adeyemo