Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 April 2026

Result

Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 25 April 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Milton Keynes Dons defeated Tranmere Rovers 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 25 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (18'), Alex Gilbey (21') and Callum Paterson (78'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received no yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 2nd on 83 points from 44 and Tranmere Rovers 20th on 40 points from 44. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.

Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathaniel Méndez-Laing of Milton Keynes Dons (8.3), ahead of Alex Gilbey (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingMilton Keynes Dons · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Sam FinleyTranmere Rovers
  • 77'Yellow card · Ethan BristowTranmere Rovers
  • 78'Goal · Callum PatersonMilton Keynes Dons · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Milton Keynes Dons 2, draws 4, Tranmere Rovers 4.

Team news

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Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-1-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Marvin Ekpiteta, Curtis Nelson, Jack Sanders, Liam Kelly, Gethin Jones, Ben Wiles, Alex Gilbey, Joe Tomlinson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Callum Paterson

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marko Marosi, William Tamen, Nathan Smith, Stephan Negru, Jayden Joseph, Sam Finley, Ryan Watson, James Plant, Charlie Whitaker, Omari Patrick, Kaiyne Woolery