The campaign has been rough for Bristol Rovers so far, while Stevenage have done well. Will the guests get another win at Memorial Stadium?
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stevenage have the most clean sheets (7) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol Rovers and Stevenage.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Bristol Rovers at their home stadium (Memorial Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Two home wins in a row for Bristol bring valid hopes of a third.
Bristol Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Burton Albion (1-4). Evans (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Evans scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oxford United (1-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bristol Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 0 and lost 6.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bristol Rovers, as the League One home game vs Northampton Town is only four days away.
At Memorial Stadium, Bristol Rovers has the goal stats of 10-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.
Stevenage form and stats
4-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stevenage, who have the most clean sheets (7) in League One, in their League One matches away. Stevenage has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Stevenage have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 261 minutes ago. Pressley was the goal scorer.
Stevenage delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Port Vale (placed 14th) in their previous match. Midfield player Freeman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Freeman hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-3 defeat away at Blackpool before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Stevenage in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Stevenage, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Derby County in just four days.
Stevenage are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. 9 goals have been conceded by Stevenage in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): Bristol Rovers won one game, one match ended with a draw and Stevenage have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Reid 8 goals |  A. Collins 3 goals |  S. Sinclair 2 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 71% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 36% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 48% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 28% |
| 12.8 | 9.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.3 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
- All of Bristol Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stevenage have the most clean sheets (7) in League One
- Stevenage have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oxford United | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Derby County | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 23 | Reading | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -10 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -18 | 5 |
