2025
Monday, 29 December 2025
Sky Bet League - Division One
Cherry Red Records Stadium, Plough Lane
Attendance: 8,621
Ref: Jacob Miles
 
AFC Wimbledon
0 (0) - (1) 1
Exeter City
Jayden Wareham (37)
1
Joe Whitworth
Yellow 91m
20
Luca Woodhouse
5
Jack Fitzwater
26
Pierce Sweeney
2
Jack McMillan
Yellow 62m
31
Jake Doyle-Hayes
Yellow 68m Subbed 7676
6
Ethan Brierley
Subbed 8787
14
Ilmari Niskanen
17
Akeel Higgins
Subbed 6565
12
Reece Cole
Subbed 6464
9
Jayden Wareham
Goal 37m Subbed 8888
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10
Jack Aitchison
Sub (12 64m)12-64
23
Jack Bycroft
19
Sonny Cox
Sub (9 88m)9-88
8
Ed Francis
Sub (31 76m)31-76
7
Carlos Mendes Gomes
Sub (17 65m)17-65
34
Liam Oakes
16
Sil Swinkels
Sub (6 87m)6-87

Jayden Wareham's header earned relegation-threatened Exeter a 1-0 win at AFC Wimbledon and extended the home side's winless run in League One to nine games.

Wareham rose highest to nod Ilmari Niskanen's superb cross into the bottom-right corner to score his seventh league goal of the season in the 37th minute.

The striker got on the end of another delivery before heading over the crossbar, and Nathan Bishop saved Reece Cole's free-kick as Exeter turned the screw at the start of the second half.

The Dons thought they had equalised in the 66th minute when the ball bounced into the back of the net following a goalmouth scramble.

However, it was ruled out by referee Jacob Miles after Exeter keeper Joe Whitworth was adjudged to have been fouled during a melee in the box in the build-up.

The hosts' Marcus Browne was picked out on the edge of the box in the third minute of stoppage time, but he blasted his effort over.

At the other end, Bishop produced an excellent stop to deny Jack McMillan at the far post as the game drew to a close.

The defeat leaves Johnnie Jackson's side without a league win since a 2-1 triumph over Plymouth in October.