League One duel: Close contest expected between Doncaster Rovers and Fleetwood Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Doncaster Rovers and Fleetwood Town have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League One.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Doncaster and Fleetwood Town.

Fleetwood are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

11-4-6 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season. With Doncaster having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Butler.

The fans are hoping that Doncaster will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Accrington Stanley (placed 12th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Shrewsbury Town and winning 2-0.

Doncaster's goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe was extremely busy against Accrington Stanley, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The defeat against Accrington Stanley was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by D. Charles).

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost eight.

There will be little rest for Doncaster after this match as they are travelling to Peterborough United for a League One game in only three days.

Doncaster have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Keepmoat Stadium with 33 goals in 21 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Doncaster have conceded 27 goals.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Playing away, Fleetwood Town have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 10 defeats in the League One this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Crewe Alexandra with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hull City's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Fleetwood in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fleetwood Town, three draws and nine defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Burton Albion.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Fleetwood Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Fleetwood Town - Doncaster 3-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Doncaster Rovers victories, three draws and four Fleetwood Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
10 goals
Fleetwood TownC. Camps
C. Camps
9 goals
Doncaster RoversR. James
R. James
7 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 5 20 42
18 11 3 Won W 1 6 15
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 11
17 6 2 Lost L 3 10 16
58 33 10 Scored S 4 19 44
57 27 7 Conceded C 6 21 37
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 86%
73% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 55% 55%
61% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 26%
29% 29% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 14%
17% 29% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
61% 62% 83% BTTS BTTS 40% 40% 38%
20% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 36%
22% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8.8 11
4.1 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.6
34% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 29%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Hull City 43 25 8 10 75 35 22 13 4 5 29 13 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 83
2 Peterborough United 42 24 7 11 73 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 21 9 4 8 26 23 33 79
3 Sunderland 42 19 15 8 63 36 20 9 6 5 28 20 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 72
4 Lincoln City 41 21 9 11 63 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 20 12 5 3 29 14 21 72
5 Blackpool 41 19 11 11 53 36 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 9 4 8 26 19 17 68
6 Charlton Athletic 41 18 12 11 63 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 22 12 6 4 33 18 12 66
7 Oxford United 43 19 8 16 67 53 21 11 4 6 32 20 22 8 4 10 35 33 14 65
8 Portsmouth 42 19 8 15 58 46 21 8 5 8 28 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 12 65
9 Gillingham 43 18 8 17 59 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 62
10 Milton Keynes Dons 43 17 10 16 58 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 0 61
11 Ipswich Town 42 17 10 15 41 44 21 11 4 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 61
12 Accrington Stanley 42 17 10 15 55 61 21 10 5 6 27 22 21 7 5 9 28 39 -6 61
13 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 6 17 58 57 21 11 4 6 33 27 20 7 2 11 25 30 1 60
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 10 16 49 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 58
15 Fleetwood Town 42 15 11 16 44 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 20 6 4 10 19 21 7 56
16 Plymouth Argyle 43 14 11 18 51 73 22 11 4 7 30 36 21 3 7 11 21 37 -22 53
17 Burton Albion 42 14 10 18 54 65 21 6 3 12 26 39 21 8 7 6 28 26 -11 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 14 15 45 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 21 7 7 7 19 23 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 12 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 21 5 8 8 22 31 -14 48
20 Wigan Athletic 43 13 8 22 49 69 21 5 5 11 22 37 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 47
21 Northampton Town 43 11 10 22 38 61 22 8 5 9 20 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 43
22 Rochdale 42 10 12 20 53 72 22 4 9 9 26 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -19 42
23 Swindon Town 43 12 4 27 50 79 22 8 1 13 24 36 21 4 3 14 26 43 -29 40
24 Bristol Rovers 43 10 8 25 40 67 22 7 2 13 23 31 21 3 6 12 17 36 -27 38

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 Hull City 43 25 8 10 75 35 22 13 4 5 29 13 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 83
2 Peterborough United 42 24 7 11 73 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 21 9 4 8 26 23 33 79
3 Sunderland 42 19 15 8 63 36 20 9 6 5 28 20 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 72
4 Lincoln City 41 21 9 11 63 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 20 12 5 3 29 14 21 72
5 Blackpool 41 19 11 11 53 36 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 9 4 8 26 19 17 68
6 Charlton Athletic 41 18 12 11 63 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 22 12 6 4 33 18 12 66
7 Oxford United 43 19 8 16 67 53 21 11 4 6 32 20 22 8 4 10 35 33 14 65
8 Portsmouth 42 19 8 15 58 46 21 8 5 8 28 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 12 65
9 Gillingham 43 18 8 17 59 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 62
10 Milton Keynes Dons 43 17 10 16 58 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 0 61
11 Ipswich Town 42 17 10 15 41 44 21 11 4 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 61
12 Accrington Stanley 42 17 10 15 55 61 21 10 5 6 27 22 21 7 5 9 28 39 -6 61
13 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 6 17 58 57 21 11 4 6 33 27 20 7 2 11 25 30 1 60
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 10 16 49 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 58
15 Fleetwood Town 42 15 11 16 44 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 20 6 4 10 19 21 7 56
16 Plymouth Argyle 43 14 11 18 51 73 22 11 4 7 30 36 21 3 7 11 21 37 -22 53
17 Burton Albion 42 14 10 18 54 65 21 6 3 12 26 39 21 8 7 6 28 26 -11 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 14 15 45 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 21 7 7 7 19 23 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 12 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 21 5 8 8 22 31 -14 48
20 Wigan Athletic 43 13 8 22 49 69 21 5 5 11 22 37 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 47
21 Northampton Town 43 11 10 22 38 61 22 8 5 9 20 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 43
22 Rochdale 42 10 12 20 53 72 22 4 9 9 26 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -19 42
23 Swindon Town 43 12 4 27 50 79 22 8 1 13 24 36 21 4 3 14 26 43 -29 40
24 Bristol Rovers 43 10 8 25 40 67 22 7 2 13 23 31 21 3 6 12 17 36 -27 38

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