Football betting preview: Oxford United vs Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

Oxford United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Doncaster Rovers.

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oxford and Doncaster Rovers.

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Oxford United form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Oxford United are 7-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Oxford have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Oxford lost their last game at Hull City (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Swindon Town.

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

The Oxford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Oxford United have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

6 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Doncaster Rovers playing as the away team in the League One this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Doncaster Rovers, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Doncaster Rovers are looking to quickly end their 223 minutes long goal drought in the League One.

There were no winners in Doncaster Rovers's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Northampton Town (placed 20th). A 0-1 defeat away at Crewe Alexandra before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Gillingham.

Doncaster have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Doncaster in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Doncaster Rovers - Oxford 3-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Oxford won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Doncaster Rovers has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
11 goals
Doncaster RoversF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals
Oxford UnitedO. Shodipo
O. Shodipo
8 goals

Oxford United missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Oxford United Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 15 6 Played P 3 14 32
14 7 0 Won W 0 6 17
8 4 4 Drew D 0 1 5
11 4 2 Lost L 3 7 10
46 19 1 Scored S 2 19 51
39 12 4 Conceded C 6 20 39
85% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 72%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 59%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 31%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 19%
45% 33% 17% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 66%
30% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 22%
39% 40% 83% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 11.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.2 12.3
4.4 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 4.4
32% 32% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 32% 36%
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.

  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 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 34 18 7 9 53 34 18 8 3 7 28 23 16 10 4 2 25 11 19 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 32 17 5 10 51 39 18 11 4 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 56
6 Ipswich Town 33 16 6 11 38 33 19 10 3 6 20 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 5 54
7 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
8 Charlton Athletic 35 14 10 11 49 46 17 5 5 7 27 31 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 52
9 Oxford United 33 14 8 11 46 39 15 7 4 4 19 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 7 50
10 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
11 Gillingham 35 15 5 15 48 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 17 7 3 7 23 21 1 50
12 Blackpool 31 14 7 10 36 28 14 7 4 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 49
13 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
14 Fleetwood Town 35 12 11 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 9 47
15 Milton Keynes Dons 35 12 9 14 50 50 17 6 7 4 27 22 18 6 2 10 23 28 0 45
16 Plymouth Argyle 35 12 9 14 44 56 18 9 4 5 27 27 17 3 5 9 17 29 -12 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 33 11 7 15 43 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 17 6 5 6 22 24 -13 40
19 Bristol Rovers 34 9 7 18 34 53 17 6 2 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 34
20 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
21 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
22 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
23 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31
24 AFC Wimbledon 33 7 10 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 19 4 8 7 17 29 -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.