Doncaster Rovers vs Portsmouth match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Doncaster Rovers host Portsmouth for another exciting League One match here at The Keepmoat Stadium.

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have the the best goal difference (+4) in League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

Doncaster Rovers's first League One home game here at The Keepmoat Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Doncaster to get some points in this home game.

Doncaster haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 224 minutes ago. C. Seaman scored that one.

Doncaster are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Accrington Stanley. Midfield player Ben Close got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Close hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sheffield Wednesday.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Doncaster Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Stoke City in the Carabao Cup. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Doncaster Rovers at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Portsmouth form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the League One, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 12 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Portsmouth have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu. It's been 337 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

Portsmouth won their last game, 1-0 versus Shrewsbury Town played at home. Gavin Bazunu was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.9. The agile goalkeeper Bazunu stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Crewe Alexandra.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Portsmouth has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

DoncasterC. Seaman
C. Seaman
1 goals
PortsmouthL. Brown
L. Brown
1 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
1 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Portsmouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 1 1 4
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 4.3
6.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 11
2.3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 2.7
14% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 50%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth have the the best goal difference (+4) in League One
Doncaster Rovers Last season Portsmouth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
19 11   Won W   12 21
7 4   Drew D   4 9
20 8   Lost L   7 16
63 34   Scored S   36 65
67 32   Conceded C   27 51
98% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
74% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
61% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
30% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 33%
17% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
61% 61%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
17% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 33%
24% 26%   Failed to Score F T   22% 30%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.6
6.2 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.5
1.3 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.9 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12.2
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.1
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
4 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
10 AFC Wimbledon 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
11 Morecambe 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 4
13 Lincoln City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 Wigan Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
17 Cambridge United 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
18 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Ipswich Town 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
20 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
22 Fleetwood Town 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season 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 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 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 Portsmouth 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
4 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
10 AFC Wimbledon 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
11 Morecambe 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 4
13 Lincoln City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 Wigan Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
17 Cambridge United 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
18 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Ipswich Town 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
20 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
22 Fleetwood Town 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0

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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.