MK Dons were beaten 2-1 in their re-arranged match at Fleetwood Town, seeing them lose for a third straight match.

Ryan Broom and Shaun Rooney scored a goal in each half for the Cod Army, and although Dons substitute Tommi O’Reilly grabbed a goal back on his debut, there was no preventing a reverse for the side from Milton Keynes.

Defeat means the Dons have won just one of their last 8 League Two games, in a slump that has seen them fall to 12th in the table and sit 8 points off the play-offs.

The Dons will be seeking improvements on Saturday, when they welcome rivals AFC Wimbledon to Stadium MK for their third meeting of the campaign with the side from South London, with MK Dons having lost their first two meetings with them this year.

A reshuffled Dons outfit were seeking better times in the North West after their recent rough patch, with the game being played 2 months later than planned after a storm lead to the cancellation of the original game.

Although MK Dons began with a lot of possession, they were struggling to find it easy to create shooting opportunities.

Fleetwood had the earliest best chances, with Matty Virtue firing wide when well placed before Rooney had a strike deflected on target that recalled goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray had to tip wide.

The home side would score the opening goal just after the half hour mark, as Broom picked up the loose ball from a half-cleared free-kick and duly dispatched a strike through a crowd, past MacGillivray and in.

Scott Hogan had a chance to make it two goals in as many games from a similar scenario to his goal at Walsall in the Dons’ previous game, but his strike this time lacked power and was held by Jay Lynch.

Broom was denied by MacGillivray just before half-time, before an even second half saw half-chances if any being the best either side could manufacture.

With just over 20 minutes to go, Fleetwood grabbed their second. Rooney rose highest to meet Phoenix Patterson’s corner and his header duly ended up in the back of the net to make it 2-0.

MK Dons would grab a goal back with just under ten to play. Jay Williams fed through substitute O’Reilly, and the January signing from Aston Villa was able to evade challenges before thumping a strike home.

Fellow sub Callum Hendry had a shot denied by Lynch a few moments later, but that was it for great chances for MK Dons, who were unable to fashion an equaliser and drifted to defeat.