Doncaster Rovers vs Grimsby Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: M-Power Stadium

Doncaster Rovers and Grimsby Town have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf phrase. Both occupy mid-table places in the League Two.

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Doncaster Rovers at their home stadium (M-Power Stadium) is 10 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. Doncaster has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Schofield and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for Doncaster Rovers's attacking players as they have now played 315 minutes without scoring in a league game. Lavery was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Doncaster Rovers in their previous match, an away game at Gillingham that ended in defeat 0-1. Molyneux (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Molyneux dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Crewe Alexandra with the scoreline 0-2.

It should be noted that a glance at the 14 latest league fixtures reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Doncaster are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 20 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. On the other hand, Doncaster Rovers have conceded 25 goals.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

8-3-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Grimsby Town in their League Two matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Grimsby Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Hartlepool United, 1-4. Attacker Lloyd got a player rating of 7.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Lloyd served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Bradford City's place.

Grimsby Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 20 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Grimsby have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier this campaign: Grimsby Town - Doncaster Rovers 1-3. Doncaster Rovers-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Doncaster Rovers four wins, Grimsby Town three wins, two draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
7 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Hurst
K. Hurst
6 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 5 20 39
15 10 3 Won W 3 8 12
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 12
19 9 3 Lost L 2 9 15
40 24 5 Scored S 6 23 42
55 25 6 Conceded C 7 26 50
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
70% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 70% 69%
42% 40% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 45% 44%
18% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 21%
8% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 13%
42% 45% 17% BTTS BTTS 20% 45% 54%
20% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 31%
42% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 30% 26%
 
4.2 4.3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.3 4.6
4.8 4 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 4.6
1.4 0.9 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.8 10.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 10.2 11.9
2.9 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4
35% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 30% 27%
 
11.9 9.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.1 10.9
3.9 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 3.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League Two
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 39 23 11 5 52 25 20 14 5 1 28 8 19 9 6 4 24 17 27 80
2 Northampton Town 40 19 13 8 53 37 20 10 6 4 25 16 20 9 7 4 28 21 16 70
3 Carlisle United 40 19 12 9 60 37 20 11 6 3 30 16 20 8 6 6 30 21 23 69
4 Stevenage 39 19 12 8 53 36 20 14 2 4 35 15 19 5 10 4 18 21 17 69
5 Stockport County 40 19 10 11 53 33 20 9 8 3 26 15 20 10 2 8 27 18 20 67
6 Bradford City 39 17 14 8 48 34 20 8 8 4 27 19 19 9 6 4 21 15 14 65
7 Mansfield Town 39 18 10 11 63 48 19 8 7 4 33 26 20 10 3 7 30 22 15 64
8 Salford City 40 18 9 13 61 46 20 9 5 6 26 21 20 9 4 7 35 25 15 63
9 Barrow 40 17 7 16 42 47 20 11 3 6 25 17 20 6 4 10 17 30 -5 58
10 Sutton United 40 15 12 13 41 42 20 11 4 5 24 16 20 4 8 8 17 26 -1 57
11 Swindon Town 39 13 12 14 52 49 19 7 5 7 28 22 20 6 7 7 24 27 3 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 40 15 6 19 40 55 20 10 1 9 24 25 20 5 5 10 16 30 -15 51
13 Walsall 40 11 17 12 42 40 20 8 8 4 24 15 20 3 9 8 18 25 2 50
14 Tranmere Rovers 40 13 11 16 38 42 20 8 6 6 24 19 20 5 5 10 14 23 -4 50
15 Grimsby Town 39 12 12 15 42 50 19 4 9 6 19 24 20 8 3 9 23 26 -8 48
16 Crewe Alexandra 39 11 15 13 39 47 20 8 6 6 25 23 19 3 9 7 14 24 -8 48
17 Newport County 39 11 14 14 41 43 19 5 6 8 20 23 20 6 8 6 21 20 -2 47
18 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 14 16 43 48 20 7 6 7 22 21 21 4 8 9 21 27 -5 47
19 Gillingham 40 12 11 17 28 42 20 10 4 6 17 17 20 2 7 11 11 25 -14 47
20 Harrogate Town 39 9 13 17 45 57 20 5 8 7 25 29 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
21 Colchester United 40 9 12 19 35 47 20 4 9 7 17 20 20 5 3 12 18 27 -12 39
22 Crawley Town 40 9 11 20 43 64 20 8 5 7 29 29 20 1 6 13 14 35 -21 38
23 Hartlepool United 40 8 14 18 47 69 20 4 9 7 23 32 20 4 5 11 24 37 -22 38
24 Rochdale 40 8 8 24 38 61 20 4 4 12 23 32 20 4 4 12 15 29 -23 32

Grimsby Town:
England:
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 39 23 11 5 52 25 20 14 5 1 28 8 19 9 6 4 24 17 27 80
2 Northampton Town 40 19 13 8 53 37 20 10 6 4 25 16 20 9 7 4 28 21 16 70
3 Carlisle United 40 19 12 9 60 37 20 11 6 3 30 16 20 8 6 6 30 21 23 69
4 Stevenage 39 19 12 8 53 36 20 14 2 4 35 15 19 5 10 4 18 21 17 69
5 Stockport County 40 19 10 11 53 33 20 9 8 3 26 15 20 10 2 8 27 18 20 67
6 Bradford City 39 17 14 8 48 34 20 8 8 4 27 19 19 9 6 4 21 15 14 65
7 Mansfield Town 39 18 10 11 63 48 19 8 7 4 33 26 20 10 3 7 30 22 15 64
8 Salford City 40 18 9 13 61 46 20 9 5 6 26 21 20 9 4 7 35 25 15 63
9 Barrow 40 17 7 16 42 47 20 11 3 6 25 17 20 6 4 10 17 30 -5 58
10 Sutton United 40 15 12 13 41 42 20 11 4 5 24 16 20 4 8 8 17 26 -1 57
11 Swindon Town 39 13 12 14 52 49 19 7 5 7 28 22 20 6 7 7 24 27 3 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 40 15 6 19 40 55 20 10 1 9 24 25 20 5 5 10 16 30 -15 51
13 Walsall 40 11 17 12 42 40 20 8 8 4 24 15 20 3 9 8 18 25 2 50
14 Tranmere Rovers 40 13 11 16 38 42 20 8 6 6 24 19 20 5 5 10 14 23 -4 50
15 Grimsby Town 39 12 12 15 42 50 19 4 9 6 19 24 20 8 3 9 23 26 -8 48
16 Crewe Alexandra 39 11 15 13 39 47 20 8 6 6 25 23 19 3 9 7 14 24 -8 48
17 Newport County 39 11 14 14 41 43 19 5 6 8 20 23 20 6 8 6 21 20 -2 47
18 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 14 16 43 48 20 7 6 7 22 21 21 4 8 9 21 27 -5 47
19 Gillingham 40 12 11 17 28 42 20 10 4 6 17 17 20 2 7 11 11 25 -14 47
20 Harrogate Town 39 9 13 17 45 57 20 5 8 7 25 29 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
21 Colchester United 40 9 12 19 35 47 20 4 9 7 17 20 20 5 3 12 18 27 -12 39
22 Crawley Town 40 9 11 20 43 64 20 8 5 7 29 29 20 1 6 13 14 35 -21 38
23 Hartlepool United 40 8 14 18 47 69 20 4 9 7 23 32 20 4 5 11 24 37 -22 38
24 Rochdale 40 8 8 24 38 61 20 4 4 12 23 32 20 4 4 12 15 29 -23 32

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