Oxford United are enjoying their 1st, while Bristol Rovers are hanging back 9 points behind in the standings. Will they decrease the gap?
- Oxford United is in the best form (5-0-1) in League One
- All of Bristol Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Oxford United form and stats
Oxford United have collected 12 points from their League One home games so far after 4-0-1. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
The Oxford followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Shrewsbury Town and win 3-0. Stevens was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.22 out of 10. The defender Stevens scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Stevenage and winning 3-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Oxford United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this side has contained three goals or more.
Oxford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Kassam Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Oxford United have conceded only 3 goals.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bristol Rovers playing as the away team in the League One this season.
McCormick, Brown and Hunt scored in Bristol Rovers's previous match, the home game against Port Vale that ended 2-1. Hunt, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.85. Hunt scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Peterborough United's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bristol playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
Bristol Rovers have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bristol Rovers have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) facing Oxford United.Top Goalscorers
  G. Leigh 4 goals |  C. Brannagan 3 goals |  M. Harris 3 goals |
Oxford United missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Oxford United | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 70% |
| 40% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 13.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 44% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 21% | 31% |
| 9.9 | 8.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.8 | 12.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- All of Bristol Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Oxford United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Oxford United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Oxford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oxford United is in the best form (5-0-1) in League One
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 22 | Reading | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -19 | 1 |
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