Southend vs AFC Wimbledon Predictions

Southend’s miserable run of form continued at the weekend when they were knocked out of the FA Cup away at non–league Dover Athletic, while Wimbledon remain in the competition after drawing 1-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers.

All of the stats point towards a win for Wimbledon on Wednesday night and we’ve backed the visitors to progress through to the knockout stage of the EFL Trophy courtesy of a 2-0 final scoreline.

Wimbledon have won the last four meetings between these two clubs, most recently last month , and q win for the Visitors would see them progress to the next stage of this competition. Four of the last six encounters between the pair have ended in a win to nil, so you can start to see why we have backed Wimbledon to win 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Southend have really struggled in the EFL Trophy this season, losing both their games, conceding 2 goals in each game and cannot qualify from the group with just one game remaining and no points on the board. Wimbledon are averaging over 1.4 goals per away game this season and have failed to score just once, making the visitors a genuine threat on the road as Southend learned last time the pair met and the Dons thrashed them 4-1.

The form of the two clubs heading into Wednesday’s match only adds weight to our prediction for an away win, as Southend have lost their last five matches in league and cup, while Wimbledon have won three of their last six matches in all competitions and have only lost once. Southend haven’t kept any clean sheets in their last six attempts and have conceded seventeen goals during that period and Wimbledon have scored ten goals and kept two clean sheets in their last six matches.

We’re confident that Wimbledon will win on Wednesday night and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The visitors head into the game as the form favourites and have outplayed their hosts, for the most part, this season. Wimbledon have an excellent recent record against Southend and the hosts’ dire form heading into this final group game in the EFL Trophy suggest that the visitors are favourites to pick up all three points.