Sutton United favourites for feisty fight facing Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these squads so far this campaign, holding positions near the midsection of the League Two table. Here's the Sutton United - Doncaster Rovers latest:

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sutton United and Doncaster Rovers.

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Sutton United form and stats

Sutton United are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Falkirk Community Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

Sutton's last game was hosting Swindon Town (placed 11th) and winning 2-1.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Hartlepool United the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutton United handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Sutton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Sutton United have conceded only 13 goals.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

272 minutes! That's how long the Doncaster goalkeeper Jonathan Mitchell and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Doncaster Rovers had fun at their own home (Falkirk Community Stadium) last time out, beating Barrow 1-0. Maxwell scored. Olowu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Olowu won 10 of 16 duels.

Prior to that result Doncaster won their away game at Swindon Town. The scoreline was 2-0.

Doncaster Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Highlight this: 9 of the last 12 league games involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The attacking power of Doncaster Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. In the opposite end, Doncaster have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sutton United and Doncaster Rovers have faced off previously this season: Doncaster Rovers - Sutton United 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
9 goals
Sutton UnitedW. Randall
W. Randall
6 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Hurst
K. Hurst
6 goals

Sutton United missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Sutton United Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 5 15 30
12 9 4 Won W 1 5 14
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
11 3 1 Lost L 3 7 12
32 18 7 Scored S 4 14 36
38 13 5 Conceded C 10 23 40
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
71% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
45% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 50%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 20%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
48% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 40% 47%
26% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 23%
32% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 33%
 
5.1 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.7 4.5
4.7 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 4.5
1.8 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.9 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.4 12.8 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.7 10.4
3.7 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.1
28% 31% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 39%
 
9.7 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13.5 11.3
3 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two

  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 32 20 7 5 42 19 16 12 3 1 23 5 16 8 4 4 19 14 23 67
2 Stevenage 29 16 9 4 43 23 15 12 1 2 29 9 14 4 8 2 14 14 20 57
3 Carlisle United 31 14 10 7 48 32 16 8 5 3 25 16 15 6 5 4 23 16 16 52
4 Northampton Town 30 14 10 6 43 29 15 7 5 3 20 13 15 7 5 3 23 16 14 52
5 Mansfield Town 30 14 7 9 47 37 15 7 5 3 27 20 15 7 2 6 20 17 10 49
6 Salford City 31 14 7 10 41 31 16 7 5 4 19 15 15 7 2 6 22 16 10 49
7 Stockport County 30 14 6 10 44 29 15 8 4 3 22 13 15 6 2 7 22 16 15 48
8 Bradford City 29 13 9 7 37 28 15 6 6 3 20 14 14 7 3 4 17 14 9 48
9 Doncaster Rovers 30 14 4 12 36 40 15 9 1 5 22 17 15 5 3 7 14 23 -4 46
10 Sutton United 31 12 8 11 32 38 15 9 3 3 18 13 16 3 5 8 14 25 -6 44
11 Swindon Town 30 11 9 10 38 34 15 6 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 16 19 4 42
12 Tranmere Rovers 31 11 8 12 32 30 15 7 4 4 20 12 16 4 4 8 12 18 2 41
13 AFC Wimbledon 30 10 11 9 30 29 14 6 5 3 15 11 16 4 6 6 15 18 1 41
14 Barrow 31 12 5 14 34 40 15 8 1 6 19 14 16 4 4 8 15 26 -6 41
15 Walsall 28 10 10 8 31 24 13 7 3 3 20 12 15 3 7 5 11 12 7 40
16 Colchester United 32 9 8 15 31 38 16 4 7 5 16 17 16 5 1 10 15 21 -7 35
17 Crewe Alexandra 29 8 11 10 25 36 17 6 5 6 17 19 12 2 6 4 8 17 -11 35
18 Newport County 29 8 9 12 29 33 15 4 4 7 15 19 14 4 5 5 14 14 -4 33
19 Grimsby Town 27 9 6 12 30 35 13 3 5 5 13 16 14 6 1 7 17 19 -5 33
20 Harrogate Town 29 7 7 15 35 45 15 4 4 7 19 24 14 3 3 8 16 21 -10 28
21 Gillingham 29 6 9 14 17 34 14 5 4 5 9 13 15 1 5 9 8 21 -17 27
22 Crawley Town 28 6 8 14 32 46 14 6 2 6 20 21 14 0 6 8 12 25 -14 26
23 Hartlepool United 31 6 8 17 31 56 15 3 6 6 16 25 16 3 2 11 15 31 -25 26
24 Rochdale 31 5 6 20 25 47 15 2 3 10 12 22 16 3 3 10 13 25 -22 21

Read more about League Two

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.