It's advantage Doncaster Rovers so far with their 6th position in the League One table, welcoming Crewe Alexandra who are placed 14th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
Doncaster Rovers, who have the most scored goals (9) at home in League One, have collected seven points from their first three League One games here at The Keepmoat Stadium, a promising start. Doncaster has recorded two wins in a row here at The Keepmoat Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Doncaster last time playing, versus Ipswich Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Fejiri Okenabirhie, Benjamin Whiteman (2) and Cameron John scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Portsmouth.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Doncaster have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager D. Moore will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Plymouth Argyle in only three days.
Doncaster are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Keepmoat Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 9 goals in 3 matches. On the other hand, Doncaster have conceded 3 goals.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
It's not happening yet for Crewe Alexandra on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Alexandra are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Crewe Alexandra lost away at Sunderland (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Blackpool.
It's a bit worrying for Crewe Alexandra that their goalkeeper Will Jääskeläinen made six saves in the Sunderland game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
We have checked recent matches where Alexandra have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, zero draws and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Crewe Alexandra are hosting Lincoln City in the League One only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Crewe Alexandra has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Doncaster wins - draws - Crewe Alexandra wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gomes Ajú 3 goals |   M. Mandron 3 goals | B. Whiteman 2 goals |
Doncaster Rovers missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Doncaster Rovers | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 36 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 13 | 55 |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 48% | 69% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
- All of Doncaster Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crewe Alexandra has the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to score a single goal away.
- Crewe Alexandra have lost all their away matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Doncaster Rovers has the most scored goals (9) at home in League One
- Doncaster Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Doncaster Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Doncaster Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Crewe Alexandra.
- Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 4 |