Joe Pigott winner earns AFC Wimbledon deserved victory at Cheltenham

Joe Pigott’s second-half goal secured a fully-deserved 1-0 victory for AFC Wimbledon at Cheltenham.

Johnnie Jackson’s Dons dominated the first half, but failed to make their superiority count.

However, the home team’s resistance was finally broken in the 67th minute when Ryan Johnson supplied Pigott from the left and he applied a neat finish inside the bottom left corner.

Matty Taylor saw a speculative effort saved by Owen Goodman for Cheltenham in the 14th minute, but from then on the Dons controlled possession.

Owen Evans parried a shot from Jake Reeves midway through the first half and Alistair Smith curled an effort just wide in the 36th minute.

Cheltenham did show an improvement early in the second half, but Pigott’s first league strike of the campaign put the Dons on course for their second win of the season.

The closest Cheltenham came to levelling was a curling shot from Cardiff loanee Joel Colwill that was pushed away by Goodman diving to his left in the 74th minute, while Tom Pett’s injury-time effort was tame.