League One match preview: Milton Keynes Dons versus Rotherham United

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 23.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium MK (30500 seats)

Struggling Milton Keynes Dons will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rotherham United in the upcoming league round. It's 21st vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Milton Keynes Dons have played 9 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Milton Keynes Dons who hasn’t won a game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Blackpool, 70 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager R. Martin led his Milton Keynes Dons to a defeat in the League One match away at Bolton Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadium MK. Preceding that match was the home EFL Trophy game against Wycombe Wanderers that was lost 1-2.

Milton Keynes Dons aren't scoring a lot here at Stadium MK in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Milton Keynes Dons defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Rotherham United on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

265 minutes! That's how long the Rotherham United goalkeeper Dimitar Evtimov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Rotherham United won their last game, 1-0 versus Accrington Stanley played at home. It was a EFL Trophy defeat before that one as the away game against Lincoln City wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Rotherham United has another fixture away, a League One game, against Portsmouth in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Rotherham United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Milton Keynes Dons won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Rotherham United has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 3

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
4 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
3 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Rotherham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 1 8 16
4 3 0 Won W 1 5 8
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
12 5 2 Lost L 0 2 5
13 6 0 Scored S 2 12 25
26 14 5 Conceded C 1 6 13
94% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
59% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
53% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 44%
18% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
35% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
18% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 38%
53% 56% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 25%
 
5.1 6.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.9
6.6 4.9 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.1 5.9
1.8 1.6 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rotherham United 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 Wycombe Wanderers 17 10 6 1 27 14 9 7 2 0 19 10 8 3 4 1 8 4 13 36
2 Ipswich Town 15 10 3 2 25 10 6 3 2 1 10 5 9 7 1 1 15 5 15 33
3 Coventry City 17 7 8 2 22 19 10 7 2 1 14 7 7 0 6 1 8 12 3 29
4 Peterborough United 17 8 4 5 39 23 8 5 2 1 23 9 9 3 2 4 16 14 16 28
5 Blackpool 17 7 7 3 24 19 9 5 2 2 15 12 8 2 5 1 9 7 5 28
6 Rotherham United 16 8 3 5 25 13 8 3 2 3 13 7 8 5 1 2 12 6 12 27
7 Oxford United 16 7 5 4 33 19 7 5 1 1 18 7 9 2 4 3 15 12 14 26
8 Fleetwood Town 15 8 2 5 27 19 8 6 1 1 14 6 7 2 1 4 13 13 8 26
9 Sunderland 15 7 4 4 22 16 7 5 2 0 15 5 8 2 2 4 7 11 6 25
10 Bristol Rovers 16 7 4 5 19 19 9 4 4 1 13 9 7 3 0 4 6 10 0 25
11 Shrewsbury Town 16 6 6 4 13 15 8 4 3 1 8 7 8 2 3 3 5 8 -2 24
12 Doncaster Rovers 14 6 5 3 24 16 9 5 2 2 15 10 5 1 3 1 9 6 8 23
13 Portsmouth 15 5 6 4 20 16 8 4 4 0 14 7 7 1 2 4 6 9 4 21
14 Gillingham 17 5 6 6 21 20 9 4 1 4 15 11 8 1 5 2 6 9 1 21
15 Burton Albion 14 5 5 4 18 15 6 2 2 2 3 2 8 3 3 2 15 13 3 20
16 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 21 30 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 3 1 5 13 19 -9 19
17 Lincoln City 17 5 3 9 18 22 7 4 1 2 10 7 10 1 2 7 8 15 -4 18
18 Tranmere Rovers 16 4 4 8 20 30 8 2 3 3 14 12 8 2 1 5 6 18 -10 16
19 Accrington Stanley 17 3 6 8 17 27 7 2 2 3 10 11 10 1 4 5 7 16 -10 15
20 AFC Wimbledon 17 3 4 10 20 28 8 2 4 2 9 10 9 1 0 8 11 18 -8 13
21 Milton Keynes Dons 17 4 1 12 13 26 9 3 1 5 6 14 8 1 0 7 7 12 -13 13
22 Southend United 17 1 2 14 17 48 8 0 1 7 7 26 9 1 1 7 10 22 -31 5
23 Bolton Wanderers 14 3 4 7 8 29 8 2 4 2 5 10 6 1 0 5 3 19 -21 1

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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.