
Overall, of the nineteen previous meetings, it's MK Dons that have a slender advantage, with seven wins to the Saddlers' six. There have also been six draws over the fixture's history.
Their first meeting took place at the National Hockey Stadium on Saturday, 30th October 2004. The match,which was played in front of a crowd of 4,247 people ended one-all, with Malvin Kamara cancelling out Darren Wrack's 13th minute opener.
Zigor Aranalde and Neil Emblen were booked for a Walsall side which included the likes of Jorge Leitao, Paul Merson and a young Matty Fryatt, who was an unused substitute. Jason Puncheon saw yellow for the 'Dons'.
In more recent times, they last met at Stadium:MK, on Sunday, 28th December 2014.The Sky Bet League 1 clash ended three-nil to the Saddlers, with a Tom Bradshaw second-half double adding to Darren Potter's first-half own goal to secure a win for the travelling side.
Walsall's Tom Bradshaw saw the only booking of the game, he was shown a yellow card shortly after scoring his first goal of the game, referee Carl Berry deciding he was 'over celebrating'.
The Saddlers have won four of the last six meetings, but just one of the last three, and will be looking to complete the double over their opponents for the second time in three seasons.