Football betting preview: Doncaster Rovers with moderate expectations before welcoming Sheffield Wednesday

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

Home advantage is secure and nice for Doncaster Rovers, but Sheffield Wednesday are fully set and qualified to win. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (23) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are active days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Lincoln City, so at least Doncaster Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Doncaster Rovers have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at The Keepmoat Stadium. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at The Keepmoat Stadium, with the home team losing six in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Shrewsbury Town game.

A strong away win for Doncaster Rovers against Lincoln City the last match, as Gardner were on target. The goalie Mitchell was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.23 out of ten. Mitchell topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Portsmouth.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Accrington Stanley in only three days. This game is also played here at The Keepmoat Stadium.

Doncaster aren't scoring a lot here at The Keepmoat Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded. When Doncaster Rovers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Morecambe, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 6 of 7 times.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sheffield Wednesday playing as the away team in the League One this season.

The manager Moore was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Hillsborough Stadium. Sheffield Wednesday suffered a 0-2 loss to Rotherham United (placed 1st). Attacker Mendez-Laing got a player rating of 7.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Mendez-Laing hit two key passes.

Before that, Sheffield secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 1-0.

Sheffield Wednesday are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Sheffield Wednesday have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Sheffield Wednesday - Doncaster 2-0. Previous eight meetings with these squads: Doncaster Rovers won five, Sheffield Wednesday were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
8 goals
Doncaster RoversT. Rowe
T. Rowe
4 goals
Sheffield WednesdayB. Bannan
B. Bannan
4 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Doncaster Rovers Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 7 Played P 4 16 31
7 4 1 Won W 1 5 14
4 3 0 Drew D 1 6 10
22 9 6 Lost L 2 5 7
23 12 5 Scored S 4 19 42
63 25 18 Conceded C 4 22 34
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
70% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 74%
52% 50% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 39%
24% 19% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 23%
12% 12% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 13%
39% 44% 57% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 45%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 39%
48% 44% 43% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 23%
 
3.8 4.8 3.1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.9 6.2
6.1 5.5 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 6.2 5
1.8 1.6 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.4 9.1 9.1 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.8 13.1
2.4 2.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 4.7
29% 29% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 29%
 
14 13.2 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.8 10.6
5.3 4.6 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 3.8
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 (15) at home in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals (23) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals (63) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-40) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 31 21 5 5 57 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 68
2 Wigan Athletic 29 19 5 5 52 27 15 9 3 3 23 14 14 10 2 2 29 13 25 62
3 Milton Keynes Dons 32 16 9 7 51 34 16 8 4 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 57
4 Sunderland 32 16 7 9 56 44 15 11 1 3 32 11 17 5 6 6 24 33 12 55
5 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 9 7 47 35 15 9 3 3 24 18 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 54
6 Plymouth Argyle 30 15 8 7 52 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 53
7 Oxford United 32 15 8 9 56 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 15 5 4 6 21 21 15 53
8 Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 10 7 42 34 15 9 4 2 23 12 16 5 6 5 19 22 8 52
9 Ipswich Town 32 13 9 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 11 48
10 Bolton Wanderers 32 13 6 13 48 44 15 8 4 3 28 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 4 45
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 32 12 7 13 41 41 17 8 4 5 28 20 15 4 3 8 13 21 0 43
13 Accrington Stanley 31 12 7 12 41 47 17 9 4 4 29 23 14 3 3 8 12 24 -6 43
14 Charlton Athletic 31 11 6 14 41 39 15 7 3 5 24 17 16 4 3 9 17 22 2 39
15 Cheltenham Town 31 9 12 10 38 49 17 7 6 4 21 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -11 39
16 Cambridge United 31 9 11 11 40 45 15 5 6 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -5 38
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 31 6 13 12 37 47 16 2 10 4 19 22 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 32 5 11 16 26 53 16 4 4 8 12 28 16 1 7 8 14 25 -27 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 33 7 4 22 23 63 16 4 3 9 12 25 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

Sheffield Wednesday:
England:
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 31 21 5 5 57 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 68
2 Wigan Athletic 29 19 5 5 52 27 15 9 3 3 23 14 14 10 2 2 29 13 25 62
3 Milton Keynes Dons 32 16 9 7 51 34 16 8 4 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 57
4 Sunderland 32 16 7 9 56 44 15 11 1 3 32 11 17 5 6 6 24 33 12 55
5 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 9 7 47 35 15 9 3 3 24 18 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 54
6 Plymouth Argyle 30 15 8 7 52 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 53
7 Oxford United 32 15 8 9 56 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 15 5 4 6 21 21 15 53
8 Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 10 7 42 34 15 9 4 2 23 12 16 5 6 5 19 22 8 52
9 Ipswich Town 32 13 9 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 11 48
10 Bolton Wanderers 32 13 6 13 48 44 15 8 4 3 28 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 4 45
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 32 12 7 13 41 41 17 8 4 5 28 20 15 4 3 8 13 21 0 43
13 Accrington Stanley 31 12 7 12 41 47 17 9 4 4 29 23 14 3 3 8 12 24 -6 43
14 Charlton Athletic 31 11 6 14 41 39 15 7 3 5 24 17 16 4 3 9 17 22 2 39
15 Cheltenham Town 31 9 12 10 38 49 17 7 6 4 21 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -11 39
16 Cambridge United 31 9 11 11 40 45 15 5 6 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -5 38
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 31 6 13 12 37 47 16 2 10 4 19 22 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 32 5 11 16 26 53 16 4 4 8 12 28 16 1 7 8 14 25 -27 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 33 7 4 22 23 63 16 4 3 9 12 25 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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