Northampton Town won 3-0 at AFC Wimbledon on Sunday, a result that reflected their control over a match the hosts rarely threatened to influence.
Callum Maycock opened the scoring after ten minutes, finishing to give Northampton an early advantage they would not relinquish. The visitors moved the ball with purpose and pressed Wimbledon back into their own half for long stretches of the first period. Max Dyche doubled the lead on 31 minutes, and by the interval Wimbledon had offered little to suggest a second-half recovery was coming.
The game turned further against the hosts immediately after the restart. Sam Hoskins and Nesta Guinness-Walker were both withdrawn at half-time, suggesting Wimbledon's manager recognised the need for change, though the alterations did not alter the pattern. Jack Vale added a third for Northampton on 55 minutes, and the contest was effectively over.
Joe Lewis and Zack Nelson entered the game in the second half for Northampton, as did Omar Bugiel for Wimbledon, but the substitutions were administrative rather than transformative. Max Dyche scored again on 80 minutes to complete a composed individual performance. Late changes saw Antwoine Hackford, Michael Jacobs, and Jake Reeves all introduced in the final minutes, none of them able to affect a scoreline long since settled.
Northampton were the better side throughout and deserved the margin of their victory.
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