League One duel: Close contest expected between Fleetwood Town and Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Fleetwood Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Doncaster Rovers.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Doncaster Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in League One

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Crewe Alexandra, so at least Fleetwood Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Fleetwood Town have to build on here at Highbury Stadium in the League One. The last three games played by Fleetwood Town, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The home team returns to Highbury Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Crewe Alexandra (placed 9th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. Before that, Fleetwood drew at home versus Wigan Athletic.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fleetwood Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fleetwood as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Fleetwood Town has won eight of these, drawn six and lost one.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Fleetwood as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Ipswich Town are visiting.

The Fleetwood fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Fleetwood are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highbury Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Doncaster are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Doncaster might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Shrewsbury Town proved too strong as Doncaster Rovers slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The Keepmoat Stadium. Preceding that game was the away victory against Burton Albion with the score of 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Doncaster in our archives, and the results are: one win for Doncaster Rovers, one draw and four defeats.

Doncaster are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Doncaster have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Fleetwood Town wins - draws - Doncaster Rovers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownC. Camps
C. Camps
8 goals
FleetwoodC. Evans
C. Evans
5 goals
Fleetwood TownP. Madden
P. Madden
5 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Fleetwood Town Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 8 18
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
28 16 4 Scored S 3 13 32
18 7 1 Conceded C 4 9 20
90% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
35% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 61%
20% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 33%
20% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 72%
30% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 17%
30% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 12.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.6 12.8
3.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.4
39% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 41%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
2 Lincoln City 18 11 2 5 24 15 9 5 0 4 11 11 9 6 2 1 13 4 9 35
3 Hull City 18 11 1 6 29 18 8 5 0 3 8 6 10 6 1 3 21 12 11 34
4 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 4 1 3 13 9 12 33
5 Peterborough United 18 10 2 6 29 19 8 6 1 1 20 8 10 4 1 5 9 11 10 32
6 Ipswich Town 18 10 2 6 23 19 10 7 0 3 12 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 32
7 Charlton Athletic 17 9 4 4 27 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 31
8 Accrington Stanley 16 9 3 4 23 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 8 4 1 3 14 11 6 30
9 Crewe Alexandra 19 9 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 16 9 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 29
10 Fleetwood Town 19 8 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 16 7 9 3 1 5 11 10 10 28
11 Sunderland 17 7 7 3 23 14 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 28
12 Blackpool 18 8 3 7 19 20 9 5 1 3 11 10 9 3 2 4 8 10 -1 27
13 Gillingham 18 8 2 8 22 22 10 4 1 5 10 13 8 4 1 3 12 9 0 26
14 Plymouth Argyle 18 6 4 8 23 32 10 6 2 2 16 13 8 0 2 6 7 19 -9 22
15 AFC Wimbledon 18 5 6 7 24 29 8 2 2 4 13 16 10 3 4 3 11 13 -5 21
16 Shrewsbury Town 18 4 8 6 19 24 8 0 5 3 10 13 10 4 3 3 9 11 -5 20
17 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 5 2 12 11 10 2 2 6 8 13 -4 19
18 Oxford United 17 5 4 8 20 24 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -4 19
19 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 18 24 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 -6 19
20 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 1 4 4 7 15 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 19
21 Northampton Town 19 5 3 11 16 35 10 2 2 6 5 16 9 3 1 5 11 19 -19 18
22 Swindon Town 19 5 2 12 24 37 10 4 1 5 12 14 9 1 1 7 12 23 -13 17
23 Wigan Athletic 18 4 3 11 16 31 9 2 2 5 11 18 9 2 1 6 5 13 -15 15
24 Burton Albion 19 2 7 10 23 36 9 2 2 5 13 18 10 0 5 5 10 18 -13 13

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.