AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st November 2025

AFC Wimbledon start the season as favourites to land the FA Cup crown. They launch their title bid this coming Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Gateshead at The Cherry Red Records Stadium.

Both AFC Wimbledon and Gateshead aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side on Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

AFC Wimbledon scored 2.2 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 22 times. They conceded 15 goals, an average of 1.5 and pulled off two clean sheets.

Gateshead scored 19 goals, conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time AFC Wimbledon comes up against Gateshead in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies.

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Prediction

AFC Wimbledon Form

AFC Wimbledon have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Port Vale, before claiming 3 points in a 1-2 win against Plymouth. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Burton. AFC Wimbledon claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the FA Cup. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 15 and conceded nine goals.

Gateshead Form

In the last three matches, Gateshead beat Braintree Town 1-2, won 2-5 against Morecambe, and lost 1-3 against Boston United. Gateshead claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the FA Cup. The scoreline from these matches reads 16 goals conceded and 12 scored.

Anything but a home win for AFC Wimbledon will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Gateshead could be in for a hammering.

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Squads

AFC Wimbledon Squad

Johnnie Jackson will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Gateshead from the following players:

Alistair Smith, Antwoine Hackford, Aron Sasu, Brodi Hughes, Callum Maycock, Danilo Orsi, Delano McCoy-Splatt, Ed Leach, Ethan Sutcliffe, Harry Sidwell, Isaac Ogundere, Jake Reeves, Joe Lewis, Joe McDonnell, Leo Young, Marcus Browne, Mathew Stevens, Myles Hippolyte, Nathan Asiimwe, Nathan Bishop, Omar Bugiel, Osman Foyo, Patrick Bauer, Riley Harbottle, Riley Horan, Ryan Johnson, Sam Hutchinson, Steve Seddon.

Gateshead Squad

Below is the full team squad of Gateshead. The manager Armstrong will pick his starting XI against AFC Wimbledon from these players:

Shelvey, Leech, Brooks, Fell, Williams, Johnson, Milmore, Lynn, Ferguson, Bakare, Blakey, Melbourne, Bone, Pani, Edwards, Fitzhugh, John, Da Silva, Chapman, Gettins, Butterfield, Lish, Grayson, Home, Richardson, Hurst, Sheaf, Newton, Flint, Telford, Nouble, Adom, Pennant, Lowery, Thompson.

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Team News

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Lineups

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead H2H

This is the first time AFC Wimbledon squares up against Gateshead in the FA Cup in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent. AFC Wimbledon picked up three wins in their previous four matches against Gateshead, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 4/1.

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Results

AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead Betting Tips

In their last 10 matches at The Cherry Red Records Stadium across all tournaments AFC Wimbledon won five times, drew one and lost four times. Gateshead claimed four wins, two draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. AFC Wimbledon managed a clean sheet in two of their games at home, Gateshead kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

AFC Wimbledon saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Gateshead, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.