Only a win will satisfy the Doncaster Rovers supporters in this The Keepmoat Stadium clash with Rochdale, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
- Doncaster Rovers is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
Doncaster Rovers have performed here at The Keepmoat Stadium this season with 6 wins from 10 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
It's back home for Doncaster Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Swindon Town away with the result 2-1. Fejiri Okenabirhie (2) found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Blackburn Rovers and winning 1-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Doncaster Rovers matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and one defeat (from four games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Burton Albion are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Doncaster in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Rochdale form and stats
Playing away, Rochdale have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the League One this season. Rochdale have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Rochdale delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Wigan Athletic (placed 22nd) in their previous match; a League One game. Preceding that game, the 4-4 draw paying a visit to Charlton Athletic.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Wigan Athletic was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rochdale playing away, we found six games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and five home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Gillingham.
The Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rochdale struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Doncaster Rovers wins - draws - Rochdale wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lund 9 goals |   F. Okenabirhie 6 goals | S. Humphrys 6 goals |
Doncaster Rovers missing players
Rochdale missing players
| Doncaster Rovers | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 33 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 63% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | 67% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 48% |
| 16% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 30% | 29% |
| 74% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 19% |
| 11% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 13.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.8 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 53% | 46% |
- Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Doncaster Rovers is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Hull City | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 22 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 22 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 21 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 20 |
| 23 | Swindon Town | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 16 |