MK Dons were beaten 3-0 by rivals AFC Wimbledon as their away day struggles continued.

The visitors had yet to win away in any competition in the burgeoning season and would have further misery at the ground they would’ve wanted to lose at the least.

A first half goal by Myles Hippolyte gave the home side the lead and after MK Dons struggled to turn possession into opportunities, a late double by substitute Callum Maycock confirmed victory for AFC Wimbledon.

Defeat prolongs a difficult start to the season for Mike Williamson’s side, who sit 20th in League Two after four defeats in their opening six outings.

MK Dons arrived on the back of victory over Walsall in their last game and named the same starting line-up from that encounter, but found themselves on the back foot early on.

The hosts had come close when Omar Gugiel was denied by Tom McGill before the goalkeeper made a flying stop to keep out Hippolyte.

But the visitor’s goalkeeper then got involved in an incident that put AFC Wimbledon in front. McGill was deemed to have picked up a backwards prod by Luke Offord as a back-pass, handing AFC Wimbledon an indirect free-kick in the MK Dons’ penalty box. Hippolyte duly lashed the kick through the wall and into the roof of the net to give the home side the lead.

MK Dons struggled to get going at first but would come close when Tommy Leigh saw a glancing header tipped wide by the home goalkeeper Owen Goodman.

But the remainder of the half saw the two sides struggle to create opportunities, with the margin remaining 1-0 at the interval.

Half-chances remained the order of the day for most of the half but the Dons had their two best chances in quick succession after 20 minutes of the half, with Aaron Nemane firing a shot just wide before Joe Tomlinson’s header from a Callum Tripp cross hit the post with Goodman stranded.

The visitors rung the changes to try to get back into things, including a debut for deadline day signing Joe White, but the nearest to a tangible opportunity was blasted over from outside the box by Tomlinson.

In the 90th minute, MK Dons’ hopes took a severe hit when the hosts moved 2-0 up. Joe Pigott’s cross was mishit by Josh Kelly but fell kindly for substitute Maycock, who tapped home to extend AFC Wimbledon’s advantage.

Ten minutes of stoppage time were signalled and Ellis Harrison saw a shot denied by Goodman before Josh Neufville rippled the side-netting.

But a third would come for the hosts in the seventh minute of added time as Maycock turned in Kelly’s cross, capping off a truly miserable afternoon for MK Dons.