MK Dons lost for the fourth game in a row after a 1-0 defeat at Gillingham courtesy of a late Bradley Dack goal.

Dack’s goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time, earning the home side a first win under the charge of recently appointed boss Gareth Ainsworth.

The result continued the Dons’ miserable run, with the team having failed to win any of their last five outings and suffered defeats in their last four as their season continues to drift away.

With four games to go, the Dons sit 19th in the League Two table, with the team having a nine point gap to the relegation zone after Carlisle won a battle of the bottom two away at Morecambe.

After a chastening week for MK Dons where they conceded ten goals in defeats to Fleetwood, Notts County and Barrow, the club remained in the interim charge of Ben Gladwin, who would later reveal the club expect to appoint a new manager before next week’s game against Newport.

A flat first half saw neither one of Gillingham’s first-time starter goalkeeper Taite Hotlman or recalled MK Dons keeper Craig MacGillivray tested, with the closest seeing MacGillivray make straight-forward stops to deny Robbie McKenzie and Sam Gale.

MK Dons did have the ball in the back of the net when Scott Hogan raced onto a through-pass and threaded a shot into the bottom corner, only for an offside flag to intervene.

Joe Tomlinson had a shot blocked and Alex Gilbey fired over in first half stoppage time as MK Dons ended the half with a few opportunities.

A low quality first half was followed by a similarly unimpressive second period, with neither side creating much in the way of opportunities.

Gillingham nearly broke the deadlock in the latter stages when substitute Dack met a free-kick and saw a glancing header strike the bar.

It had looked like the game was set to drift to a scoreless conclusion until, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Gillingham snatched the points. A free-kick was headed back across goal by Conor Masterson for Dack, who controlled then bundled it between Luke Offord and the post to find the back of the net.