Balanced ball game between Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priestfield Stadium

Gillingham will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Doncaster Rovers.

Insights:
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Doncaster Rovers 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.

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Gillingham form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Gillingham at their home stadium (Priestfield Stadium) is 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Priestfield Stadium after three straight home wins.

Gillingham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lincoln City's place. The match ended 3-0 with Vadaine Oliver, Jordan Graham and Kyle Dempsey scoring. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Swindon Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

The Gillingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Gillingham have conceded 26 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L8 on the road this term. That's in the League One. It's all red in the travel logs of Doncaster, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Doncaster have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 313 minutes ago. O. Bogle was the goal scorer.

There might be some fixture complaints from Doncaster as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against Oxford United (0-3). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Northampton Town.

Doncaster did not look prepared in the first half against Oxford United and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one. Doncaster Rovers goalkeeper Louis Jones had a great day against Oxford United, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.

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

Doncaster Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 19 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. As for defending, Doncaster Rovers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Doncaster Rovers - Gillingham 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Gillingham won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Doncaster Rovers has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
12 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
9 goals
Doncaster RoversF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals

Gillingham missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 4 15 33
16 8 2 Won W 1 6 17
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 5
15 8 4 Lost L 3 8 11
51 25 8 Scored S 3 19 51
47 26 13 Conceded C 6 23 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
81% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 73%
44% 44% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 61%
33% 33% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 30%
14% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 18%
47% 44% 57% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 64%
19% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 21%
33% 39% 43% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 10.8 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.8 12.6
4 4.2 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 4.4
35% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gillingham 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 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 34 20 5 9 54 31 17 13 2 2 36 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 23 65
3 Lincoln City 35 18 7 10 53 37 19 8 3 8 28 26 16 10 4 2 25 11 16 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 33 17 5 11 51 42 18 11 4 3 32 19 15 6 1 8 19 23 9 56
6 Charlton Athletic 36 15 10 11 52 48 18 6 5 7 30 33 18 9 5 4 22 15 4 55
7 Ipswich Town 34 16 6 12 38 35 19 10 3 6 20 16 15 6 3 6 18 19 3 54
8 Oxford United 34 15 8 11 49 39 16 8 4 4 22 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 10 53
9 Gillingham 36 16 5 15 51 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 53
10 Portsmouth 34 15 7 12 49 37 18 6 5 7 23 19 16 9 2 5 26 18 12 52
11 Fleetwood Town 36 13 11 12 41 30 18 8 7 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 11 50
12 Blackpool 32 14 8 10 37 29 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 50
13 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
14 Milton Keynes Dons 36 13 9 14 52 51 18 7 7 4 29 23 18 6 2 10 23 28 1 48
15 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
16 Plymouth Argyle 36 12 9 15 45 58 18 9 4 5 27 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -13 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 34 11 8 15 44 57 16 5 2 9 21 32 18 6 6 6 23 25 -13 41
19 Bristol Rovers 35 9 7 19 36 56 17 6 2 9 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 34
20 Wigan Athletic 35 9 7 19 38 61 17 3 4 10 18 35 18 6 3 9 20 26 -23 34
21 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
22 AFC Wimbledon 34 7 11 16 33 57 15 3 3 9 16 28 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 32
23 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
24 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31

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 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 34 20 5 9 54 31 17 13 2 2 36 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 23 65
3 Lincoln City 35 18 7 10 53 37 19 8 3 8 28 26 16 10 4 2 25 11 16 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 33 17 5 11 51 42 18 11 4 3 32 19 15 6 1 8 19 23 9 56
6 Charlton Athletic 36 15 10 11 52 48 18 6 5 7 30 33 18 9 5 4 22 15 4 55
7 Ipswich Town 34 16 6 12 38 35 19 10 3 6 20 16 15 6 3 6 18 19 3 54
8 Oxford United 34 15 8 11 49 39 16 8 4 4 22 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 10 53
9 Gillingham 36 16 5 15 51 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 53
10 Portsmouth 34 15 7 12 49 37 18 6 5 7 23 19 16 9 2 5 26 18 12 52
11 Fleetwood Town 36 13 11 12 41 30 18 8 7 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 11 50
12 Blackpool 32 14 8 10 37 29 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 50
13 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
14 Milton Keynes Dons 36 13 9 14 52 51 18 7 7 4 29 23 18 6 2 10 23 28 1 48
15 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
16 Plymouth Argyle 36 12 9 15 45 58 18 9 4 5 27 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -13 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 34 11 8 15 44 57 16 5 2 9 21 32 18 6 6 6 23 25 -13 41
19 Bristol Rovers 35 9 7 19 36 56 17 6 2 9 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 34
20 Wigan Athletic 35 9 7 19 38 61 17 3 4 10 18 35 18 6 3 9 20 26 -23 34
21 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
22 AFC Wimbledon 34 7 11 16 33 57 15 3 3 9 16 28 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 32
23 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
24 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31

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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.