Football betting preview: Doncaster Rovers favourites when Accrington Stanley visits

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 23.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Doncaster Rovers perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Accrington Stanley can look both up and down from their 16th position.

It's no vacation for neither Doncaster Rovers nor Accrington Stanley 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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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

Doncaster Rovers are steadily winning games and points here at The Keepmoat Stadium. 12 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 21 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Doncaster Rovers, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager G. McCann led his Doncaster Rovers to a defeat in the League One match away at Sunderland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Keepmoat Stadium. Before that, Doncaster Rovers had a home game versus Plymouth Argyle which ended with a victory 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Doncaster Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Doncaster Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Oxford United in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (42 in 21 games), Doncaster Rovers's attacking play is working. Doncaster Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Keepmoat Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 21 matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Playing away, Accrington Stanley have won 6 games, drawn 6 and suffered 9 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Luton Town with 0-3 on the scoreboard. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Walsall.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Accrington Stanley when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Plymouth Argyle in just four days.

Accrington Stanley have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Accrington Stanley have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Accrington Stanley - Doncaster Rovers 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Doncaster Rovers won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Accrington Stanley has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Marquis
19 goals / 4 assists
M. Wilks
14 goals / 5 assists
B. Kee
13 goals / 2 assists

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Doncaster Rovers Accrington Stanley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
71 42 Scored 22 43
54 19 Conceded 32 64
93% 86% Over 0.5 95% 95%
84% 81% Over 1.5 71% 74%
56% 67% Over 2.5 43% 44%
37% 38% Over 3.5 24% 19%
19% 14% Over 4.5 14% 9%
51% 48% Both teams to score 48% 51%
26% 43% Clean Sheet 19% 14%
30% 24% Failed To Score 38% 40%
 
5.6 5.7 Corners For (avg) 5.3 5.3
5.7 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.9 5.3
1.9 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.9 1.8
2 1 Red Cards (total) 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 43 26 12 5 84 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 22 11 6 5 32 21 47 90
2 Barnsley 43 24 13 6 74 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 21 10 5 6 36 21 38 85
3 Sunderland 42 22 17 3 76 41 22 12 9 1 45 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 35 83
4 Portsmouth 42 24 11 7 77 45 20 11 6 3 37 17 22 13 5 4 40 28 32 83
5 Charlton Athletic 43 23 10 10 63 40 21 14 5 2 33 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 42 18 11 13 64 55 21 8 6 7 27 26 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 65
8 Coventry City 43 18 10 15 52 49 22 9 6 7 23 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 3 64
9 Burton Albion 43 16 12 15 61 50 22 10 5 7 33 22 21 6 7 8 28 28 11 60
10 Blackpool 43 14 17 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 22 7 9 6 21 24 1 59
11 Fleetwood Town 42 15 12 15 55 48 21 8 8 5 31 26 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 57
12 Oxford United 43 14 14 15 52 57 22 11 3 8 32 25 21 3 11 7 20 32 -5 56
13 Gillingham 43 14 9 20 57 69 22 7 4 11 27 34 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 51
14 Bristol Rovers 43 12 14 17 45 48 21 5 6 10 22 26 22 7 8 7 23 22 -3 50
15 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 14 17 48 55 21 8 8 5 23 22 22 4 6 12 25 33 -7 50
16 Accrington Stanley 43 12 12 19 43 64 22 6 6 10 21 32 21 6 6 9 22 32 -21 48
17 Rochdale 43 13 9 21 52 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -31 48
18 Wycombe Wanderers 43 12 11 20 52 65 21 8 5 8 26 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -13 47
19 Plymouth Argyle 43 12 11 20 52 70 21 8 6 7 33 33 22 4 5 13 19 37 -18 47
20 Scunthorpe United 43 12 10 21 49 73 22 6 7 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 46
21 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
22 Southend United 43 12 8 23 50 64 21 6 2 13 27 31 22 6 6 10 23 33 -14 44
23 Walsall 43 11 10 22 46 70 22 6 5 11 27 37 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 43
24 Bradford City 43 10 6 27 45 74 21 7 2 12 24 30 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 36

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