Doncaster Rovers vs Peterborough United betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Doncaster Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Peterborough United.

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have the most points from losing position (23) in League One

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Doncaster are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Peterborough United are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

Doncaster Rovers have collected 37 points from their League One home games so far after 11-4-7. The home stadium (The Keepmoat Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Doncaster it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

In their previous game, the manager A. Butler led his Doncaster to a defeat in the League One match away at Blackpool. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Keepmoat Stadium. Before that match, a win away at Rochdale.

Doncaster Rovers's goalkeeper Louis Jones was extremely busy against Blackpool, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

Doncaster have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Keepmoat Stadium with 33 goals in 22 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. 28 goals have been conceded.

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Peterborough United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 10 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. Peterborough United have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

There were no winners in Peterborough's previous match, a League One home game that ended 3-3 vs Lincoln City (placed 5th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Doncaster Rovers.

Peterborough's last match (vs Lincoln City) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Jonson Clarke-Harris. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Peterborough, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Peterborough United have scored 27 goals in 22 league games away. Peterborough have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Peterborough United - Doncaster 2-2. Doncaster Rovers-Peterborough United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Doncaster three wins, Peterborough United three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
31 goals
Peterborough UnitedS. Szmodics
S. Szmodics
15 goals
DoncasterF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
11 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Doncaster Rovers Peterborough United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
19 11 4 Won W 3 10 25
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
19 7 1 Lost L 3 8 11
62 33 13 Scored S 7 27 79
63 28 10 Conceded C 8 23 45
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 96%
73% 68% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 78%
60% 55% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 36% 53%
29% 27% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 27%
16% 27% 43% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
60% 59% 71% BTTS BTTS 43% 36% 49%
18% 18% 14% Clean Sheets C S 29% 41% 38%
24% 27% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 27% 18%
 
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 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 12.6 9.9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.5 12.5
4.1 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.3 5
33% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 28% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United have the most points from losing position (23) 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 Hull City 45 27 8 10 80 37 23 14 4 5 32 14 22 13 4 5 48 23 43 89
2 Peterborough United 45 25 9 11 79 45 23 15 5 3 52 22 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 84
3 Blackpool 45 22 11 12 59 37 22 11 7 4 29 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 22 77
4 Sunderland 45 20 16 9 69 41 22 9 7 6 31 24 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 76
5 Lincoln City 45 22 10 13 69 50 22 9 4 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 76
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 65 50 22 9 5 8 29 23 23 12 4 7 36 27 15 72
7 Oxford United 45 21 8 16 73 56 22 12 4 6 35 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 17 71
8 Charlton Athletic 45 19 14 12 69 56 22 7 7 8 35 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 13 71
9 Ipswich Town 45 18 12 15 43 45 22 11 5 6 22 17 23 7 7 9 21 28 -2 66
10 Milton Keynes Dons 45 18 11 16 64 59 22 10 7 5 36 25 23 8 4 11 28 34 5 65
11 Gillingham 45 18 10 17 62 60 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 2 64
12 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 7 19 62 63 22 11 4 7 33 28 23 8 3 12 29 35 -1 64
13 Accrington Stanley 45 17 13 15 62 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 64
14 Crewe Alexandra 45 17 12 16 53 59 22 9 7 6 29 28 23 8 5 10 24 31 -6 63
15 Fleetwood Town 45 16 12 17 48 43 23 9 8 6 26 17 22 7 4 11 22 26 5 60
16 Burton Albion 45 15 12 18 61 69 23 7 4 12 32 42 22 8 8 6 29 27 -8 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 45 13 15 17 48 54 23 5 8 10 28 31 22 8 7 7 20 23 -6 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 53 79 23 11 4 8 31 39 22 3 7 12 22 40 -26 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 12 14 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 22 5 9 8 22 31 -16 50
20 Wigan Athletic 45 13 9 23 51 73 22 5 6 11 23 38 23 8 3 12 28 35 -22 48
21 Rochdale 45 10 14 21 58 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 22 6 5 11 31 36 -20 44
22 Northampton Town 45 11 11 23 40 66 23 8 5 10 20 26 22 3 6 13 20 40 -26 44
23 Swindon Town 45 12 4 29 51 86 23 8 1 14 25 38 22 4 3 15 26 48 -35 40
24 Bristol Rovers 45 10 8 27 40 69 23 7 2 14 23 32 22 3 6 13 17 37 -29 38

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.