Doncaster Rovers vs Cambridge United pre-match guide

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Take hard look at their own game or switch tactics dependant on the opponent? Both Doncaster Rovers and Cambridge United should try something else than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (9) in League One
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Doncaster nor Cambridge United 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

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Doncaster Rovers have to build on here at The Keepmoat Stadium in the League One.

A nice win for Doncaster last time playing, versus Cheltenham Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Rodrigo Vilca, Tom Anderson and Joe Dodoo scoring for the victors. The goalie Pontus Dahlberg was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.6 out of ten. Dahlberg saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with five saves.

Prior to that, an away loss at Gillingham.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Doncaster Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost seven.

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

The Doncaster fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Cambridge United form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cambridge United playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Cambridge United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Shrewsbury Town (placed 20th). Jack Iredale was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.01. The defender Iredale scored one goal and won 6 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sheffield Wednesday.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cambridge playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Cambridge United wins, four draws and five defeats.

After this away game Cambridge return home for a League One game against AFC Wimbledon. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Cambridge have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Cambridge have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Doncaster Rovers-Cambridge United H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Doncaster three wins, Cambridge United one win, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
6 goals
DoncasterT. Rowe
T. Rowe
3 goals
Cambridge UnitedA. May
A. May
2 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Doncaster Rovers Cambridge United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 5 13
3 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
9 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
9 7 1 Scored S 3 7 18
23 7 0 Conceded C 6 10 23
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 62%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 38%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 15%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 77%
15% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
54% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
4.4 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7.6 6.3
5.8 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.8 4.5
2.1 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.4 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 10.5
2.7 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.3
26% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 50% 42%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cambridge United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cambridge United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cambridge United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (9) 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 Plymouth Argyle 15 8 6 1 26 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 13 30
2 Wycombe Wanderers 14 9 3 2 22 13 6 6 0 0 13 6 8 3 3 2 9 7 9 30
3 Wigan Athletic 13 9 1 3 24 9 7 4 1 2 9 6 6 5 0 1 15 3 15 28
4 Sunderland 13 9 1 3 24 13 7 6 0 1 14 4 6 3 1 2 10 9 11 28
5 Rotherham United 14 8 3 3 23 10 8 4 2 2 14 8 6 4 1 1 9 2 13 27
6 Oxford United 14 7 3 4 23 16 8 5 2 1 15 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 24
7 Milton Keynes Dons 14 6 4 4 23 20 7 4 1 2 10 9 7 2 3 2 13 11 3 22
8 Burton Albion 15 6 4 5 16 19 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -3 22
9 Sheffield Wednesday 14 5 6 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 8 2 4 2 8 9 2 21
10 Ipswich Town 14 5 5 4 29 22 8 3 4 1 19 14 6 2 1 3 10 8 7 20
11 Accrington Stanley 14 6 2 6 19 25 6 4 1 1 9 8 8 2 1 5 10 17 -6 20
12 Bolton Wanderers 15 5 4 6 22 25 7 2 3 2 9 13 8 3 1 4 13 12 -3 19
13 Cheltenham Town 14 5 3 6 17 24 7 4 1 2 9 8 7 1 2 4 8 16 -7 18
14 AFC Wimbledon 14 4 5 5 20 23 7 1 4 2 10 11 7 3 1 3 10 12 -3 17
15 Lincoln City 14 4 4 6 17 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 2 2 3 10 10 -1 16
16 Portsmouth 14 4 4 6 17 20 6 3 1 2 10 8 8 1 3 4 7 12 -3 16
17 Morecambe 14 4 3 7 24 25 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 12 16 -1 15
18 Cambridge United 13 3 6 4 18 23 8 2 4 2 11 13 5 1 2 2 7 10 -5 15
19 Gillingham 15 3 6 6 15 21 7 2 2 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 8 10 -6 15
20 Shrewsbury Town 15 4 2 9 14 21 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 0 1 6 3 11 -7 14
21 Fleetwood Town 13 3 4 6 21 21 6 2 1 3 9 8 7 1 3 3 12 13 0 13
22 Charlton Athletic 14 3 3 8 16 23 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 2 1 4 8 10 -7 12
23 Doncaster Rovers 13 3 1 9 9 23 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 0 0 7 2 16 -14 10
24 Crewe Alexandra 14 1 5 8 10 24 6 1 2 3 6 11 8 0 3 5 4 13 -14 8

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.