Loyal fans at M-Power Stadium haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Doncaster Rovers withering away in the 17th position. The guesting Salford City will believe to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Doncaster Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It's no vacation for neither Doncaster Rovers nor Salford City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at M-Power Stadium after three straight home wins.
Doncaster Rovers are returning here after visiting Tranmere Rovers and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Biggins and Faal scored the goal(s). Midfield player Biggins got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Biggins scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Doncaster won a home game hosting Sutton United (4-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Doncaster Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Doncaster Rovers as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Doncaster Rovers has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Some goal stats: A review of the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Doncaster Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Grimsby Town are visiting.
Doncaster have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at M-Power Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Doncaster Rovers have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Salford City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
There were no winners in Salford City's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Swindon Town (placed 5th). The draw against Swindon Town came from a losing position. The Salford City manager Wood brought on Humbles as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Wrexham's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Salford City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Salford, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Barrow.
The travelling fans enjoy Salford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. In the opposite end, Salford City have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former two meetings): Doncaster won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Salford City managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero. One of the stars has been Hurst with 2 goals scored against Salford City in these 2 games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Smith 9 goals |   J. Ironside 5 goals | M. Faal 5 goals |
Doncaster Rovers missing players
Salford City missing players
| Doncaster Rovers | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 57% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 43% | 29% |
| 64% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 43% | 64% |
| 14% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.6 | 12 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 29% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 46% | 41% |
| 12.9 | 12 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 14.1 | 14.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Doncaster Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Salford City 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 | Stockport County | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Notts County | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Walsall | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Barrow | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Salford City | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 7 |
