Betting preview: Bristol Rovers vs Rotherham United should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (11916 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Bristol Rovers in 8th and Rotherham United in 13th place.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. Thankfully the previous game, versus Chelsea U21, was also a home game here at Memorial Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Bristol Rovers have to build on here at Memorial Stadium in the League One. Bristol Rovers have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Bristol Rovers's previous game was a EFL Trophy match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Chelsea U21. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting AFC Wimbledon.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol Rovers as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Bristol Rovers has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Bristol Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Memorial Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Bristol Rovers have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Rotherham United form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Rotherham United playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Rotherham United's last game was the home draw against Shrewsbury Town (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sunderland that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rotherham United playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 2 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Rotherham United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 4 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bristol Rovers-Rotherham United H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Bristol Rovers 4 wins, Rotherham United 2 wins, 0 draws. 4 of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Clarke-Harris
6 goals
F. Ladapo
3 goals / 1 assists
J. Hastie
3 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Bristol Rovers Rotherham United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 9 3 Scored S 1 5 12
12 5 1 Conceded C 0 4 8
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
30% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
30% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
40% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 62%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
40% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.8 3.2 2 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.8 5.9
6.1 5.6 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.2 5.4
1.7 1.6 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Bristol Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotherham United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Bristol Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 3 - 3 Accrington Stanley
14-09-19 LO Lincoln City 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers
17-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Gillingham
21-09-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 3 Bristol Rovers
24-09-19 EFL Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Chelsea U21
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Rotherham United
12-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
19-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 14:00 Bristol Rovers
22-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 18:45 Bolton Wanderers
26-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Portsmouth
Rotherham United
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LO Rotherham United 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
07-09-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Rotherham United
14-09-19 LO Rotherham United 6 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
17-09-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham United
21-09-19 LO Rotherham United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Rotherham United
05-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Coventry City
08-10-19 EFL Rotherham United 18:00 Doncaster Rovers
12-10-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Rotherham United
19-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Oxford United

  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 9 6 3 0 16 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 4 1 0 10 2 12 21
2 Coventry City 9 5 4 0 15 9 5 5 0 0 9 3 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 19
3 Wycombe Wanderers 10 5 4 1 15 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 19
4 Fleetwood Town 9 5 2 2 17 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 8 9 4 17
5 Sunderland 9 4 4 1 14 11 4 2 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 16
6 Blackpool 10 4 4 2 14 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 2 16
7 Doncaster Rovers 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 4 1 1 10 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 15
8 Bristol Rovers 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 1 15
9 Peterborough United 9 4 2 3 20 10 4 2 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 10 14
10 Lincoln City 10 4 1 5 14 15 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 13
11 Shrewsbury Town 9 3 4 2 9 10 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 4 7 -1 13
12 Oxford United 10 3 3 4 19 15 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 4 12
13 Rotherham United 8 3 3 2 12 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 9 4 0 5 11 13 6 3 0 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 6 5 -2 12
16 Gillingham 9 2 4 3 14 10 5 2 1 2 10 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 10
17 Rochdale 9 2 4 3 10 14 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 7 10 -4 10
18 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 3 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 13 8 4 0 1 3 1 8 -2 9
19 Accrington Stanley 9 1 4 4 11 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 3 2 5 9 -6 7
20 Portsmouth 7 1 3 3 9 10 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -1 6
21 Southend United 9 1 1 7 11 24 4 0 1 3 4 11 5 1 0 4 7 13 -13 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 10 0 3 7 9 18 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 0 0 5 5 11 -9 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 8 0 3 5 2 24 4 0 3 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 1 18 -22 -9

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