Match ends, MK Dons 1, Dover Athletic 0.
MK DonsMilton Keynes Dons1DoverDover Athletic0
Ben Reeves' strike ended non-league Dover's FA Cup run and earned MK Dons a place in the third round.
Reeves struck in the second half after a first period of few chances in which Jason Banton fired wide for the hosts.
But Reeves found the net from inside the box with a decent finish while Patrick Bamford went close soon after.
George Baldock saw one shot fly just wide and another saved while Dover's Sean Raggett also hit his own post as Bamford missed an open goal late on.
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
MK Dons boss Karl Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"It wasn't convincing, let's not hide that fact, but we're through to the third round.
"Arguably we were by far the better team, but we looked like we lacked a little bit of confidence, a little bit of an edge, a little bit of fluency to our play.
"At the moment we are picking at bare bones. But the young players have dug deep today; I thought Samir Carruthers was outstanding. Today he's really shown me his coming of age."
Dover manager Chris Kinnear told BBC Radio Kent:
"I'm disappointed, I thought the last ten minutes we really had a go and the chances we had, I think we could have got something, the lads have gone home disappointed.
"They should be Championship or Premier League looking at this place. Our lads have got to go back to work Monday, they've just come back from Dubai so it's a little bit different.
"We came here to have a go, you have to defend but why sit back and wait for them to score, but maybe we were over confident."
Line-ups
MK Dons
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1MartinSubstituted forMcLoughlinat 77'minutes
- 5HodsonBooked at 89mins
- 3Lewington
- 11Smith
- 23Spence
- 6WilliamsBooked at 84mins
- 22CarruthersSubstituted forGallowayat 77'minutes
- 7Gleeson
- 15Bamford
- 12Reeves
- 21BantonSubstituted forBaldockat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Flanagan
- 16McLoughlin
- 18Baldock
- 19Galloway
- 20Rasulo
Dover
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Walker
- 2Stone
- 3Wynter
- 4KinnearSubstituted forOrluat 90'minutes
- 6Forbes
- 5Raggett
- 7ModesteSubstituted forBakareat 57'minutes
- 8Rogers
- 9Elder
- 10Cogan
- 11MurphySubstituted forCharlesat 86'minutes
Substitutes
- 12Charles
- 14Bakare
- 15Orlu
- 16Kamara
- 17Woodall
- 18Hook
- 19Carew
- Referee:
- Lee Collins
- Attendance:
- 4,060
Match Stats
Home TeamMK DonsAway TeamDover
- Possession
- Home59%
- Away41%
- Shots
- Home27
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away3
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away7
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, MK Dons 1, Dover Athletic 0.
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Attempt saved. Michael Bakare (Dover Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt missed. Tom Wynter (Dover Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Corner, Dover Athletic. Conceded by Lee Hodson.
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Foul by Brendan Galloway (MK Dons).
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James Rogers (Dover Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ben Reeves (MK Dons).
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Tom Wynter (Dover Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Sean Raggett (Dover Athletic) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Richard Orlu replaces Chris Kinnear.
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Foul by George Baldock (MK Dons).
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James Rogers (Dover Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Craig Stone.
Substitution
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Elliott Charles replaces Tom Murphy.
Booking
Shaun Williams (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Dover Athletic. Conceded by Ben Reeves.
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Attempt saved. Dean Lewington (MK Dons) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Sean Raggett.
