FA Cup

FA Cup | First Round

Nov 5, 2022 at 3pm UK

Stadium mk

MK Dons
6 - 0
Taunton Town

Devoy (6'), Grigg (13'), Burns (48'), Eisa (74'), Grant (82', 84')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Grimes (67')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's FA Cup clash between MK Dons and Taunton Town, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

MK Dons

All competitions

Last Game: Cheltenham 0-0 MK Dons
Saturday, October 29 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Top scorers

Taunton Town

All competitions

Last Game: Taunton Town 4-1 Tonbridge Angels
Saturday, October 29 at 3pm in National League South

Goals
for

We said: MK Dons 3-0 Taunton Town

In spite of MK Dons' underwhelming form at home, a lack of ruthlessness on the road is set to be Taunton's downfall against higher-level opposition this weekend. Dray's men ought to enjoy the moment at Stadium MK, but the visitors will surely be consigned to a first-round exit as the Dons pick up a morale-boosting win and ticket to round two. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a MK Dons win with a probability of 68.43%. A draw had a probability of 18.8% and a win for Taunton Town had a probability of 12.75%.

The most likely scoreline for a MK Dons win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.92%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11%) and 2-1 (9.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.94%), while for a Taunton Town win it was 0-1 (4.12%). The actual scoreline of 6-0 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that MK Dons would win this match.

Result
MK Dons	Draw	Taunton Town
68.43% ( -0.02)	18.82% ( 0.02)	12.75% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 49.27% (

-0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.25% (

-0.07)

42.75% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.85% (

-0.07)

65.15% (

0.06)

MK Dons Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.56% (

-0.02)

11.44% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

63.76% (

-0.05)

36.24% (

0.05)

Taunton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.64% (

-0.03)

44.36% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.58% (

-0.02)

80.42% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

MK Dons 68.42%

Taunton Town 12.75%

Draw 18.82%

MK Dons	Draw	Taunton Town
2-0 @ 11.92% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 11% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 9.69% 3-0 @ 8.62% 3-1 @ 7.01% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 4.67% ( -0) 4-1 @ 3.8% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.85% ( -0.01) 5-0 @ 2.03% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1.65% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.54% ( -0) Other @ 3.65% Total : 68.42%	1-1 @ 8.94% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 5.07% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 3.94% ( -0) Other @ 0.86% Total : 18.82%	0-1 @ 4.12% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 3.63% 0-2 @ 1.68% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.07% ( -0) 1-3 @ 0.99% Other @ 1.26% Total : 12.75%