Match preview League One: Bristol Rovers - Portsmouth at Memorial Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stoke Gifford Stadium (1500 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Bristol Rovers leading Portsmouth by 8 points.

It's no vacation for neither Bristol Rovers nor Portsmouth 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.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Bristol Rovers have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.

The Bristol Rovers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Bolton Wanderers here at Stoke Gifford Stadium in a League One match. Heartbreak before that as Bristol Rovers lost 0-2 at Doncaster Rovers's place.

Bristol Rovers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Bristol Rovers have conceded only 7 goals.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portsmouth so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Portsmouth won their last game, 1-0 versus Lincoln City played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at AFC Wimbledon before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portsmouth as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 2 Bristol Rovers victories, 1 draw and 6 Portsmouth wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
7 goals
Bristol RoversT. Smith
T. Smith
2 goals
PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
2 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Bristol Rovers Portsmouth
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
14 8 4 Played P 2 6 12
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 3 2 Drew D 1 1 4
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 4
15 11 7 Scored S 1 4 13
16 7 4 Conceded C 2 7 12
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
71% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
21% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
21% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
7% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
29% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 42%
36% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
43% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
4.4 3.5 4 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 5.2 5.3
6.2 5.6 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 4.3 3.7
1.4 1.4 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portsmouth have scored away.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Portsmouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Bristol Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
24-09-19 EFL Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Chelsea U21
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Rotherham United
12-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Milton Keynes Dons
19-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
22-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
26-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:00 Portsmouth
02-11-19 LO Rochdale 16:00 Bristol Rovers
09-11-19 FAC Bristol Rovers 16:00 Bromley
12-11-19 EFL Bristol Rovers 20:45 Swindon Town
16-11-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:00 Sunderland
Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
05-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Portsmouth
08-10-19 EFL Oxford United 2 - 2 Portsmouth
12-10-19 LO Portsmouth 0 - 0 Gillingham
19-10-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 0 Portsmouth
22-10-19 LO Portsmouth 1 - 0 Lincoln City
26-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:00 Portsmouth
02-11-19 LO Portsmouth 16:00 Oxford United
05-11-19 LO Portsmouth 20:45 Southend United
09-11-19 FAC Harrogate Town 16:00 Portsmouth
16-11-19 LO Portsmouth 16:00 Fleetwood Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 12 8 3 1 21 9 5 3 2 0 10 3 7 5 1 1 11 4 12 27
2 Wycombe Wanderers 14 7 6 1 23 14 8 6 2 0 18 10 6 1 4 1 5 4 9 27
3 Peterborough United 13 7 3 3 31 16 6 4 1 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 13 9 15 24
4 Fleetwood Town 12 7 2 3 25 16 7 5 1 1 13 6 5 2 1 2 11 9 9 23
5 Oxford United 14 6 4 4 29 18 6 4 1 1 15 7 8 2 3 3 14 11 11 22
6 Doncaster Rovers 13 6 4 3 22 14 8 5 1 2 13 8 5 1 3 1 9 6 8 22
7 Sunderland 13 6 4 3 21 15 6 4 2 0 14 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 6 22
8 Blackpool 14 5 6 3 18 16 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 2 4 1 9 7 2 21
9 Coventry City 13 5 6 2 17 16 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 0 5 1 6 10 1 21
10 Bristol Rovers 14 6 3 5 15 16 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 2 0 4 4 9 -1 21
11 Rochdale 14 5 4 5 19 22 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 3 1 3 12 14 -3 19
12 Bolton Wanderers 12 1 4 7 5 28 6 0 4 2 2 9 6 1 0 5 3 19 -23 19
13 Rotherham United 12 5 3 4 21 12 6 2 2 2 12 6 6 3 1 2 7 6 9 18
14 Burton Albion 12 5 3 4 16 13 5 2 1 2 3 2 7 3 2 2 13 11 3 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 13 4 6 3 11 14 6 2 3 1 6 7 7 2 3 2 5 7 -3 18
16 Lincoln City 15 5 2 8 17 20 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 1 1 6 7 13 -3 17
17 Portsmouth 12 4 4 4 13 12 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 1 16
18 Gillingham 14 3 6 5 19 17 7 3 1 3 14 8 7 0 5 2 5 9 2 15
19 Accrington Stanley 13 3 5 5 17 22 6 2 2 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 7 11 -5 14
20 Milton Keynes Dons 14 4 1 9 12 21 8 3 1 4 5 11 6 1 0 5 7 10 -9 13
21 Tranmere Rovers 14 3 4 7 17 27 7 2 3 2 14 10 7 1 1 5 3 17 -10 13
22 AFC Wimbledon 15 3 3 9 19 25 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 1 0 7 11 16 -6 12
23 Southend United 14 1 2 11 15 40 7 0 1 6 6 23 7 1 1 5 9 17 -25 5

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