Another fun-filled match in League Two as Doncaster Rovers host Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: M-Power Stadium

Doncaster Rovers have won 52 points playing as the team playing at home. Colchester United have got 49 points playing away. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Doncaster Rovers can neither be promoted or relegated from League Two. Colchester United is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

10-1-11 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season. The home stadium (M-Power Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Doncaster it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The Doncaster Rovers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Newport County here at M-Power Stadium. The forward Hurst outperformed all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.1 out of 10. Hurst scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as Doncaster Rovers lost 0-1 at Stevenage's place.

Doncaster Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 30 goals have been conceded.

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Colchester United form and stats

Colchester United have only collected 22 points from their away games in the League Two, after 6-4-12 (22 played).

Colchester won their last game, 4-1 versus Sutton United played at home. Attacker Akinde got a player rating of 7.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Akinde scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Crawley Town that ended 0-0.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this club's latest 15 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Colchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent match: Colchester United - Doncaster 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Doncaster Rovers six wins, two draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DoncasterG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
Colchester UnitedN. Chilvers
N. Chilvers
9 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Hurst
K. Hurst
7 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
15 10 3 Won W 2 6 12
7 1 0 Drew D 0 4 13
22 11 4 Lost L 5 12 19
44 26 10 Scored S 3 19 44
63 30 12 Conceded C 8 27 48
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
70% 73% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 29% 55% 59%
45% 45% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 36% 34%
20% 18% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 18%
7% 9% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
45% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 14% 45% 48%
18% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 18% 23%
41% 36% 57% Failed to Score F T 57% 41% 36%
 
4.1 4.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.5 4.9
4.9 4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 5 5.1
1.4 1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.5 10.2 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.7 9.3
2.8 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.6 1.6 1.9
36% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 53% 53%
 
12.1 10.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.1 12.5 11.4
4 3.7 4.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.9 4.1 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.