Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Doncaster Rovers are yearning to add to their goals scored at their own arena in the upcoming match versus Gillingham.

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals (72) in League One
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

With 5 League One wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Doncaster Rovers are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Doncaster Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

No payout for Doncaster Rovers in their previous match, an away game at Cheltenham Town that ended in defeat 0-4. Midfield player Smith got a match rating of 6.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Smith hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at AFC Wimbledon that finished 2-2.

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 ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.

Doncaster have scored 15 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. Doncaster Rovers have conceded 28 from these games. Doncaster Rovers has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Gillingham form and stats

There's been little loot from Gillingham's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the League One. Gillingham only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

Gillingham failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bolton Wanderers (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Thompson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Thompson dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Gillingham won their away game at Lincoln City. The scoreline was 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gillingham playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Gillingham wins, three draws and two defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gillingham as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. 25 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded meeting featuring both these teams is the Gillingham - Doncaster 1-0 played previously this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Doncaster Rovers, five draws and three wins for Gillingham. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
8 goals
Doncaster RoversT. Rowe
T. Rowe
6 goals
GillinghamD. Lloyd
D. Lloyd
5 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 17 36
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 6
5 3 1 Drew D 2 7 12
24 10 2 Lost L 3 8 18
28 15 3 Scored S 6 16 28
72 28 3 Conceded C 8 25 58
95% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
73% 67% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 72%
54% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 33%
30% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 19%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
41% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 47%
19% 28% 60% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 25%
46% 39% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 39%
 
3.5 4.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.1 4.7
6.1 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.4 4.9
1.8 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.5 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
8.4 9.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.6 10.4
2.4 2.7 1.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.1
31% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 25%
 
14.4 13.9 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 16.8 14.7
5.3 4.7 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.8 4.8
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 points from losing position (3) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals (72) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals in the second half (45) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-44) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (18) in League One

  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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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