National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol Rovers or Milton Keynes Dons that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Bristol Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Bristol have not come this way in the EFL Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Colchester United, Plymouth Argyle, Crystal Palace U21 and Swindon Town. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the League One for Bristol Rovers at their home stadium (Memorial Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Bristol Rovers club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Port Vale and win 1-0. Defender Thomas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Thomas won 13 of 18 duels.
1-1 away at Bolton Wanderers before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol Rovers handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Bristol Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Charlton Athletic awaits in four days.
The Bristol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bristol Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cheltenham Town, West Ham United U21, Newport County and Walsall in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. Milton Keynes Dons's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in League One matches, Milton Keynes Dons have produced an overall stat of 3-1-5 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Milton Keynes Dons in their previous game as they lost hosting Fleetwood Town, 1-2. Keynes were so close to getting something from the game against Fleetwood Town, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Defender O'Hora was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. O'Hora scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Burton Albion.We have checked recent matches where Milton Keynes Dons have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Milton Keynes Dons now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Portsmouth is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Milton Keynes Dons have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded by Keynes in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Bristol Rovers, two draws and four wins for Milton Keynes Dons. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Collins 11 goals | J. Coburn 5 goals |   W. Grigg 5 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Milton Keynes Dons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 12.8 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Derby County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
