Milton Keynes Dons F.C. league record by opponent

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The MK Dons (white kit) in a home match against Sheffield United who they've faced 10 times.

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire that has competed in the English Football League (Championship, League One and League Two, the second, third and fourth tiers in English football respectively) since the team was founded. The club found itself in League One after Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003. [1] The club gave back Wimbledon's trophies to the London Borough of Merton in 2007, and since then, officially, the club is considered to have been founded in 2004. The MK Dons currently compete in League One as of the 2019–20 season. [2]

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The Dons record against each club faced in league competition is summarised below. The team's first league match was contested with Barnsley in the opening game of the 2004–05 Football League One season. [3] They met their 89th and most recent different league opponent, Burton Albion, for the first time in the 2019–20 EFL League One season. [4] The teams that the MK Dons have met most in league competition are Oldham Athletic, Swindon Town and Walsall, against whom they have contested 24 league matches. The team has won 13 matches against Oldham, the most they have won against any team. [5] Nine of the matches against Walsall have ended in a draw, the most draws registered by the club. Peterborough United have defeated the MK Dons eleven times each which is the most the MK Dons have lost against any team.

Key

All-time league record

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played 30 April 2022.
Milton Keynes Dons F.C. league record by opponent
ClubHomeAwayTotalWin%FirstLastNotes
PWDLPWDLPWDLFA
Accrington Stanley 4400521296122110066.67 2006–07 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
AFC Bournemouth 51225212103341216030.00 2004–05 2012–13
AFC Wimbledon 532042119531105055.56 2016–17 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
Barnet 21012110421185050.00 2005–06 2007–08
Barnsley 31203111623197033.33 2004–05 2014–15
Birmingham City 10011001200203000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Blackburn Rovers 21012002410379025.00 2015–16 2017–18
Blackpool 421151049315118033.33 2004–05 2020–21 [lower-alpha 1]
Bolton Wanderers 431040228332109037.50 2015–16 2021–22
Boston United 11001100220042100.00 2006–07 2006–07
Bradford City 72057214144191926028.57 2004–05 2017–18
Brentford 91449225183692028016.67 2004–05 2015–16
Brighton & Hove Albion 421142028413109050.00 2008–09 2015–16
Bristol City 50235032100551119000.00 2004–05 2015–16
Bristol Rovers 86118323169342313056.25 2006–07 2020–21
Burnley 10011001200217000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Burton Albion 31113201631256050.00 2019–20 2021–22
Bury 74127421148332615057.14 2006–07 2018–19
Cambridge United 220022004400121100.00 2018–19 2021–22
Cardiff City 11001010211021050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Carlisle United 74037214146172429042.86 2008–09 2018–19
Charlton Athletic 83148323166371617037.50 2009–10 2021–22
Cheltenham Town 330031116411169066.67 2008–09 2021–22
Chester City 21012200430172075.00 2006–07 2007–08
Chesterfield 61236330124531915033.33 2004–05 2016–17
Colchester United 10541106042011453517055.00 2004–05 2018–19
Coventry City 51225221103431112030.00 2012–13 2019–20
Crawley Town 421142118422116050.00 2012–13 2018–19
Crewe Alexandra 74127223146352416042.86 2008–09 2021–22
Dagenham & Redbridge 22002200440080100.00 2007–08 2010–11
Darlington 22002101430131075.00 2006–07 2007–08
Derby County 10011100210123050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Doncaster Rovers 83058053163581518018.75 2004–05 2021–22
Exeter City 431042118521126062.50 2009–10 2018–19
Fleetwood Town 53116231115421911045.45 2014–15 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
Forest Green Rovers 10101100211032050.00 2018–19 2018–19
Fulham 10101001201123000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Gillingham 85129216177282828041.18 2005–06 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
Grimsby Town 31113201631285050.00 2006–07 2018–19
Hartlepool United 85308413169432616056.25 2004–05 2012–13
Hereford United 31113210632163050.00 2006–07 2008–09
Huddersfield Town 71427115142571629014.29 2004–05 2015–16
Hull City 301231116123610016.67 2004–05 2020–21
Ipswich Town 40223021704358000.00 2015–16 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
Leeds United 310230126114611016.67 2008–09 2015–16
Leicester City 10101001201124000.00 2008–09 2008–09
Leyton Orient 74037322147252618050.00 2008–09 2014–15
Lincoln City 63126312126242120050.00 2006–07 2021–22
Luton Town 10011001200215000.00 2004–05 2004–05
Macclesfield Town 321032105320146060.00 2006–07 2018–19
Mansfield Town 32103111632175050.00 2006–07 2018–19
Middlesbrough 10101001201113000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Millwall 3012310261141011016.67 2008–09 2016–17
Morecambe 321032016411125066.67 2007–08 2021–22
Newport County 11001100220030100.00 2018–19 2018–19
Northampton Town 54105122105321713050.00 2008–09 2020–21
Norwich City 11001010211032050.00 2009–10 2009–10
Nottingham Forest 21012002410337025.00 2005–06 2015–16
Notts County 871085211612313416075.00 2006–07 2018–19
Oldham Athletic 12741126062413474628054.17 2004–05 2018–19
Oxford United 513140049135712011.11 2016–17 2021–22 [lower-alpha 1]
Peterborough United 11335103162164112232028.57 2004–05 2020–21 [lower-alpha 1]
Plymouth Argyle 411242028314108037.50 2010–11 2021–22
Port Vale 62316123123541110025.00 2004–05 2018–19
Portsmouth 53115113104241314040.00 2012–13 2021–22
Preston North End 5023505010073610000.00 2011–12 2015–16
Queens Park Rangers 11001001210123050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Reading 11001010211010050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Rochdale 94329513189453129050.00 2006–07 2020–21
Rotherham United 72237331145542123035.71 2005–06 2021–22
Scunthorpe United 72147322145361413035.71 2005–06 2017–18
Sheffield United 530252121051477050.00 2011–12 2016–17
Sheffield Wednesday 51225032101541319010.00 2004–05 2021–22
Shrewsbury Town 96219243188642922044.44 2006–07 2021–22
Southampton 21012002410359025.00 2009–10 2010–11
Southend United 63126222125341516041.67 2005–06 2019–20
Stevenage 4211420284131512050.00 2011–12 2018–19
Stockport County 53025401107031913070.00 2004–05 2009–10
Sunderland 30123201621389033.33 2019–20 2021–22
Swansea City 10011001200226000.00 2005–06 2005–06
Swindon Town 12723125432412664024050.00 2004–05 2020–21
Torquay United 22002101430163075.00 2004–05 2006–07
Tranmere Rovers 1061394141910272721052.63 2004–05 2019–20 [lower-alpha 1]
Walsall 1235412543248972823033.33 2004–05 2017–18
Wigan Athletic 311131026213611033.33 2017–18 2021–22
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20022110411233025.00 2013–14 2015–16
Wrexham 330031116411114066.67 2004–05 2007–08
Wycombe Wanderers 64116321127322214058.33 2006–07 2021–22
Yeovil Town 85218233167542313043.75 2005–06 2018–19

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 EFL League One season was suspended in mid-March 2020. On 9 June, the clubs voted to curtail the season; Milton Keynes Dons' last nine matches, which included one against this opponent, remained unplayed.

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