Open game expected at Keepmoat Stadium: Doncaster Rovers vs Fleetwood Town preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

These two teams have had their share of problems so far, but three points in this very important game would definitely help. Get ready for Doncaster Rovers - Fleetwood Town!

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (16) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the most matches over the total-line (16) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

Doncaster Rovers, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in League One, have played 11 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Doncaster Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Morecambe (3-4). Did Doncaster get overconfident in their match against Morecambe? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 3-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Gardner got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Gardner scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sunderland (0-3).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Doncaster here at Keepmoat Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Doncaster have conceded 13 in these home matches. Doncaster Rovers has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Fleetwood Town have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-5-5 (11 played).

Clarke was the last player to score for the away team. Fleetwood Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 205 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Shrewsbury Town with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Cairns (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 6.82. Cairns stopped the opponent with four saves.

Before that, Fleetwood travelled to Morecambe and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Fleetwood Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. The Fleetwood Town manager Crainey has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Fleetwood Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Cambridge United, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Fleetwood.

Head 2 Head

Doncaster Rovers-Fleetwood Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Doncaster Rovers three wins, Fleetwood Town five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
7 goals
Fleetwood TownD. Andrew
D. Andrew
6 goals
Fleetwood TownH. Biggins
H. Biggins
4 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
4 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
4 3 2 Drew D 3 5 7
15 4 1 Lost L 1 5 11
16 10 3 Scored S 5 16 36
43 13 3 Conceded C 6 23 43
91% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 96%
74% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 83%
48% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 78%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 55% 43%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 26%
39% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 70%
17% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 9% 13%
52% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 22%
 
4.2 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 4.6
6.2 5.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 5.2
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 9.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.9 10.7
2.5 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.8
28% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 41% 41%
 
13.2 12.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.2 12.9
5.2 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 4.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (16) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-27) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored more than double the goals of Doncaster Rovers.
  • Fleetwood Town have the most matches over the total-line (16) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 24 15 5 4 45 17 13 9 2 2 32 13 11 6 3 2 13 4 28 50
2 Sunderland 24 15 4 5 47 26 12 10 1 1 29 6 12 5 3 4 18 20 21 49
3 Wigan Athletic 21 14 3 4 40 20 11 6 2 3 15 10 10 8 1 1 25 10 20 45
4 Wycombe Wanderers 24 13 6 5 37 27 11 8 1 2 19 14 13 5 5 3 18 13 10 45
5 Oxford United 24 12 7 5 40 25 14 8 4 2 27 13 10 4 3 3 13 12 15 43
6 Plymouth Argyle 24 12 7 5 38 25 12 7 3 2 18 11 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 43
7 Milton Keynes Dons 23 11 6 6 42 29 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 5 3 3 25 16 13 39
8 Sheffield Wednesday 24 9 10 5 30 27 10 5 4 1 15 8 14 4 6 4 15 19 3 37
9 Portsmouth 22 10 6 6 28 22 11 6 3 2 16 10 11 4 3 4 12 12 6 36
10 Accrington Stanley 24 10 4 10 30 39 12 7 1 4 19 18 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 34
11 Ipswich Town 24 8 8 8 39 34 13 5 6 2 23 18 11 3 2 6 16 16 5 32
12 Burton Albion 23 9 4 10 28 29 12 7 2 3 22 13 11 2 2 7 6 16 -1 31
13 Charlton Athletic 24 8 5 11 30 29 13 5 3 5 19 15 11 3 2 6 11 14 1 29
14 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 5 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 1 2 9 9 17 -3 29
15 Cheltenham Town 24 7 8 9 30 43 12 5 3 4 15 20 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 29
16 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 5 11 30 35 10 4 4 2 16 15 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 26
17 Cambridge United 23 6 8 9 32 38 12 3 5 4 15 18 11 3 3 5 17 20 -6 26
18 AFC Wimbledon 21 6 7 8 30 35 9 2 5 2 15 15 12 4 2 6 15 20 -5 25
19 Morecambe 24 6 5 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 11 2 1 8 15 27 -15 23
20 Fleetwood Town 23 5 7 11 36 43 12 4 2 6 20 20 11 1 5 5 16 23 -7 22
21 Lincoln City 22 5 7 10 24 31 11 2 3 6 10 16 11 3 4 4 14 15 -7 22
22 Gillingham 23 3 9 11 18 34 10 2 3 5 7 14 13 1 6 6 11 20 -16 18
23 Crewe Alexandra 24 4 6 14 22 43 11 3 3 5 12 18 13 1 3 9 10 25 -21 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 23 4 4 15 16 43 11 4 3 4 10 13 12 0 1 11 6 30 -27 16

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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.