Delightful dogfight as daring Walsall duel with determined Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

Walsall are putting faith in their home following to help them to win this meeting hosting Doncaster Rovers. Who triumphs at Poundland Bescot Stadium?

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Walsall form and stats

8-9-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Walsall so far this season.

Walsall travelled for their previous game, a trip to Crawley Town that ended 0-0. Knowles (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Knowles hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Salford City (2-3).

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 22 league games, 17 have had zero, one or two goals.

Walsall has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Walsall have conceded only 18 goals.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

There's been little loot from Doncaster Rovers's travels as they have only collected 21 points from 22 away games in the League Two. Doncaster Rovers only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 6 draws.

Doncaster had fun at their own home (Poundland Bescot Stadium) last time out, beating Colchester United 1-0. Rowe scored. Hooray; their first three points in the league after nine games not winning. Goalkeeper Jones got the top player rating of the team with 8.1/10. Jones topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Newport County.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Doncaster Rovers playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 6 home wins.

The visitors have scored 18 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. Doncaster Rovers have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Doncaster Rovers - Walsall 0-2 was the output when this pair of contenders previously played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Walsall victories, one draw and two Doncaster Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals
WalsallI. Hutchinson
I. Hutchinson
6 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Hurst
K. Hurst
6 goals

Walsall missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
11 8 0 Won W 1 5 16
19 9 4 Drew D 3 6 7
15 5 3 Lost L 3 11 22
44 26 3 Scored S 8 18 45
48 18 6 Conceded C 12 33 63
80% 82% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
64% 64% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 68% 69%
33% 32% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 45% 44%
16% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 23% 20%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 7%
49% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 71% 41% 44%
33% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 20%
38% 32% 57% Failed to Score F T 29% 45% 40%
 
4.4 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4 4
4.4 4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.7 4.9
2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 1.8 1.4
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 11.7 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 8.8 9.5
3.2 4.2 4.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.2 2.7
31% 28% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 37%
 
11.2 10.8 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 14 12.2
3.1 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers 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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

Walsall:
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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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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.