Doncaster Rovers will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get a good result from this grim duel, versus high-octane Gillingham.
- Doncaster Rovers have yet to win a game at home.
- Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Everton U21, was also a home game here at M-Power Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
0-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season.
Doncaster's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 against Everton U21. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that match, a League Two win away at Forest Green Rovers.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Doncaster Rovers here at M-Power Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Doncaster Rovers have conceded 6 from these games. When Doncaster hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Salford City, Bradford City, Tranmere Rovers, Colchester United, Forest Green Rovers, Sutton United and Harrogate Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Gillingham form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
The supporters enjoyed Gillingham's previous fixture versus Morecambe (placed 16th), a 2-1 win played at home. Coleman got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Coleman signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Harrogate Town.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gillingham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Doncaster victories, two draws and five Gillingham wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nadesan 2 goals |  B. Close 1 goals | L. Molyneux 1 goals |
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| Doncaster Rovers | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 75% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.5 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 21% | 18% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 26% |
| 14.4 | 12 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 13 | 10.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.4 |
- Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Doncaster Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Doncaster Rovers have yet to win a game at home.
- Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most points (9) away in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gillingham | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Notts County | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Barrow | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Newport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Walsall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Salford City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -8 | 7 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 3 |
