Can Doncaster Rovers knock Burton Albion in The Keepmoat Stadium clash?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

23rd- against 16th place might not seem all that sexy. But: Here's the data that makes Doncaster Rovers - Burton Albion (even) more absorbing!

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-47) in League One
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Relegation threatens Doncaster Rovers who should definitely be looking for some points here. Burton Albion is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Burton Albion could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

With 6 League One wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats from their home games, Doncaster Rovers are certainly not brimming with confidence.

An away draw last time out for Doncaster, facing Shrewsbury Town in a game that ended 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Shrewsbury Town as Knoyle's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Knoyle, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Knoyle scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match, Doncaster Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Bolton Wanderers.

Doncaster aren't scoring a lot here at The Keepmoat Stadium in the league, with only 18 goals from 22 games. 32 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion have only collected 17 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-5-13 (22 played).

The Burton Albion goalkeeper Matej Kovar is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 404 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Brayford and Borthwick-Jackson scored in Burton Albion's previous match, the home game against Rotherham United that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Kovar got the top player rating of the team with 8.21/10. Kovar topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw at Accrington Stanley's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Burton Albion as they have only managed to score 17 times from 22 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Burton have conceded 39 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The newest registered meeting between these squads is the Burton Albion - Doncaster Rovers 2-0 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Doncaster wins - draws - Burton Albion wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversT. Rowe
T. Rowe
7 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Brayford
J. Brayford
6 goals
Doncaster RoversJ. Olowu
J. Olowu
4 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
9 6 2 Won W 4 4 14
7 3 2 Drew D 1 5 11
28 13 3 Lost L 2 13 19
34 18 7 Scored S 8 17 50
81 32 7 Conceded C 8 39 63
93% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
70% 64% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 77%
50% 45% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 50% 48%
27% 18% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 25%
11% 9% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 11%
39% 41% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 50% 52%
20% 27% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 18% 23%
48% 41% 43% Failed to Score F T 29% 41% 34%
 
3.8 4.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 5.6
5.9 5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7 6.2
1.7 1.5 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.3 10 10.1 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.5 12.7
2.9 3 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.7
27% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 30%
 
14.3 13.3 15.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 16.3 14.2
5.2 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.5 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals in the second half (49) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-47) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly more corners at 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 +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 43 26 10 7 76 40 22 13 4 5 35 21 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 88
2 Rotherham United 43 25 8 10 65 31 22 14 3 5 41 21 21 11 5 5 24 10 34 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 44 24 11 9 71 44 22 12 5 5 32 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 27 83
4 Sheffield Wednesday 43 22 13 8 71 46 22 15 5 2 44 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 25 79
5 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
6 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
7 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
8 Oxford United 44 22 9 13 80 56 22 13 5 4 46 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 24 75
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 44 17 15 12 62 45 22 10 9 3 34 22 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 66
12 Cambridge United 44 15 12 17 53 67 22 8 7 7 26 27 22 7 5 10 27 40 -14 57
13 Charlton Athletic 44 16 8 20 53 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 -2 56
14 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
15 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
16 Burton Albion 44 14 11 19 50 63 22 10 6 6 33 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -13 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 44 7 7 30 35 80 22 5 4 13 21 39 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 28

Burton Albion:
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 Wigan Athletic 43 26 10 7 76 40 22 13 4 5 35 21 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 88
2 Rotherham United 43 25 8 10 65 31 22 14 3 5 41 21 21 11 5 5 24 10 34 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 44 24 11 9 71 44 22 12 5 5 32 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 27 83
4 Sheffield Wednesday 43 22 13 8 71 46 22 15 5 2 44 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 25 79
5 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
6 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
7 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
8 Oxford United 44 22 9 13 80 56 22 13 5 4 46 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 24 75
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 44 17 15 12 62 45 22 10 9 3 34 22 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 66
12 Cambridge United 44 15 12 17 53 67 22 8 7 7 26 27 22 7 5 10 27 40 -14 57
13 Charlton Athletic 44 16 8 20 53 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 -2 56
14 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
15 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
16 Burton Albion 44 14 11 19 50 63 22 10 6 6 33 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -13 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 44 7 7 30 35 80 22 5 4 13 21 39 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 28

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