League One prediction and preview: Doncaster Rovers modest favorites to beat Plymouth Argyle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

6th position in the League One table for Doncaster Rovers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Plymouth Argyle visits The Keepmoat Stadium.

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in League One

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 Plymouth Argyle.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

Doncaster Rovers are steadily winning League One games and points here at The Keepmoat Stadium. 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

Doncaster's last game was hosting Portsmouth (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Ipswich Town.

Manager D. Moore felt very clever after Fejiri Okenabirhie scored the winning goal against Portsmouth, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 28th minute.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Doncaster handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and three defeats.

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

A decent goal production from Doncaster Rovers in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

There's been little loot from Plymouth Argyle's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the League One. Plymouth Argyle only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Plymouth are travelling again after losing away to Northampton Town in their previous match (0-2). Before that, Plymouth secured a home win against Lincoln City with the score 4-3.

Plymouth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Plymouth are hosting Wigan Athletic in the League One only three days away.

Plymouth find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Plymouth Argyle have conceded 26 goals 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

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Plymouth Argyle - Doncaster Rovers 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Doncaster Rovers wins - draws - Plymouth Argyle wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
16 goals
Doncaster RoversF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals
DoncasterR. James
R. James
7 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 16 5 Played P 6 15 32
16 10 3 Won W 2 3 12
4 3 1 Drew D 1 5 9
9 3 1 Lost L 3 7 11
49 30 10 Scored S 5 16 43
37 18 8 Conceded C 7 26 51
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 75%
62% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 53%
34% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 27% 31%
21% 31% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
69% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 53%
21% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 20% 25%
10% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 25%
 
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 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.5 13.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 11.3 12.3
4.4 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.5 4
39% 43% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in League One
  • 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 Peterborough United 31 19 5 7 51 26 15 12 2 1 34 11 16 7 3 6 17 15 25 62
2 Hull City 33 18 5 10 54 28 16 9 2 5 17 9 17 9 3 5 37 19 26 59
3 Lincoln City 31 17 6 8 48 31 16 7 3 6 24 21 15 10 3 2 24 10 17 57
4 Sunderland 31 14 12 5 47 26 16 7 5 4 21 16 15 7 7 1 26 10 21 54
5 Portsmouth 31 15 7 9 48 30 17 6 5 6 23 17 14 9 2 3 25 13 18 52
6 Doncaster Rovers 29 16 4 9 49 37 16 10 3 3 30 18 13 6 1 6 19 19 12 52
7 Ipswich Town 30 15 5 10 35 29 17 9 2 6 18 15 13 6 3 4 17 14 6 50
8 Accrington Stanley 30 13 8 9 41 33 15 7 4 4 19 12 15 6 4 5 22 21 8 47
9 Charlton Athletic 32 13 8 11 46 44 15 4 4 7 24 29 17 9 4 4 22 15 2 47
10 Oxford United 30 13 7 10 44 36 14 7 3 4 19 12 16 6 4 6 25 24 8 46
11 Crewe Alexandra 32 12 9 11 42 40 16 8 5 3 26 16 16 4 4 8 16 24 2 45
12 Plymouth Argyle 32 12 9 11 43 51 17 9 4 4 27 25 15 3 5 7 16 26 -8 45
13 Blackpool 28 13 5 10 34 27 12 7 2 3 15 11 16 6 3 7 19 16 7 44
14 Gillingham 32 13 5 14 42 44 17 7 2 8 22 25 15 6 3 6 20 19 -2 44
15 Milton Keynes Dons 32 11 9 12 47 44 15 5 7 3 24 19 17 6 2 9 23 25 3 42
16 Fleetwood Town 32 10 10 12 36 30 16 6 7 3 21 11 16 4 3 9 15 19 6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 29 9 11 9 33 34 14 4 6 4 20 18 15 5 5 5 13 16 -1 38
18 Burton Albion 30 8 7 15 37 55 15 4 2 9 19 31 15 4 5 6 18 24 -18 31
19 Swindon Town 32 9 4 19 38 58 17 7 1 9 19 25 15 2 3 10 19 33 -20 31
20 Bristol Rovers 31 8 6 17 30 50 15 5 1 9 17 24 16 3 5 8 13 26 -20 30
21 AFC Wimbledon 30 7 8 15 31 54 13 3 2 8 15 26 17 4 6 7 16 28 -23 29
22 Northampton Town 32 7 8 17 26 49 16 4 4 8 10 20 16 3 4 9 16 29 -23 29
23 Rochdale 32 6 10 16 41 59 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 3 8 24 26 -18 28
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 6 19 32 60 16 2 4 10 15 35 16 5 2 9 17 25 -28 27

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

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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.