League One prediction and preview: Peterborough United modest favorites to beat Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: ABAX Stadium (15314 seats)

2nd position in the League One table for Peterborough United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 15th-placed Doncaster Rovers visits ABAX Stadium.

Peterborough United and Doncaster Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United, who have the most scored goals (43) in League One, have performed here at ABAX Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Peterborough United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Peterborough United are confident in defense, having played 218 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home team returns to ABAX Stadium after sharing the points with Bristol Rovers (placed 4th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 0-0. Before that, Peterborough United had a home game versus Bolton Wanderers which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Peterborough United handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L1.

There will be little rest for Peterborough United after this match as they are travelling to Rotherham United for a League One game in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at ABAX Stadium in the league this season as Peterborough United has scored 25 goals here in 10 home games. From these home matches, Peterborough United have conceded only 9 goals.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Doncaster Rovers so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Doncaster Rovers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Doncaster Rovers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Accrington Stanley (placed 17th) in their previous match; a League One game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AFC Wimbledon wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Doncaster Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sunderland in just three days.

Doncaster Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Doncaster Rovers have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Doncaster Rovers - Peterborough United 2-0 entered in the official records. Peterborough United-Doncaster Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Peterborough United 3 wins, Doncaster Rovers 2 wins, 5 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedI. Toney
I. Toney
14 goals
Peterborough UnitedMohamed Eisa
Mohamed Eisa
13 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Maddison
M. Maddison
9 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Peterborough United Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 7 18
10 7 2 Won W 0 1 6
6 2 0 Drew D 2 3 7
5 1 1 Lost L 2 3 5
43 25 5 Scored S 1 10 27
25 9 3 Conceded C 5 9 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 94%
76% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 83%
62% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 44%
52% 60% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
43% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 67%
43% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 17%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 22%
 
5.3 5.9 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 5.4
4.6 3.6 2.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.5 5.4 5.2
1.4 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
288 144 29 Total Shots T S 44 111 300
114 62 11 Shots on Target S O 7 30 90
38% 40% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals (25) at home
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals (43)
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
  • Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+16) at home
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Doncaster Rovers have scored away.
  • Peterborough United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Wycombe Wanderers 21 12 7 2 30 15 11 9 2 0 22 10 10 3 5 2 8 5 15 43
2 Peterborough United 21 10 6 5 43 25 10 7 2 1 25 9 11 3 4 4 18 16 18 36
3 Ipswich Town 20 10 6 4 29 16 9 3 4 2 13 9 11 7 2 2 16 7 13 36
4 Bristol Rovers 20 10 5 5 29 25 11 5 5 1 17 11 9 5 0 4 12 14 4 35
5 Coventry City 21 8 10 3 26 23 12 8 3 1 16 8 9 0 7 2 10 15 3 34
6 Oxford United 20 9 6 5 38 20 9 6 2 1 19 7 11 3 4 4 19 13 18 33
7 Blackpool 21 8 9 4 30 24 11 6 2 3 18 14 10 2 7 1 12 10 6 33
8 Rotherham United 21 9 5 7 34 23 10 3 3 4 15 10 11 6 2 3 19 13 11 32
9 Fleetwood Town 19 9 4 6 33 26 10 7 2 1 17 8 9 2 2 5 16 18 7 31
10 Portsmouth 20 8 7 5 30 24 11 6 5 0 20 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 6 31
11 Shrewsbury Town 20 8 7 5 19 20 10 5 3 2 13 12 10 3 4 3 6 8 -1 31
12 Gillingham 21 7 7 7 26 23 11 6 1 4 19 12 10 1 6 3 7 11 3 28
13 Sunderland 19 7 6 6 25 21 10 5 4 1 18 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 27
14 Burton Albion 20 7 6 7 24 23 9 3 3 3 7 6 11 4 3 4 17 17 1 27
15 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 7 5 27 21 11 5 4 2 17 12 7 1 3 3 10 9 6 25
16 Lincoln City 20 7 3 10 21 23 8 5 1 2 11 7 12 2 2 8 10 16 -2 24
17 Accrington Stanley 21 5 8 8 30 31 9 4 2 3 21 13 12 1 6 5 9 18 -1 23
18 Rochdale 21 6 4 11 23 36 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 4 1 6 15 22 -13 22
19 AFC Wimbledon 21 5 5 11 25 32 10 4 4 2 12 11 11 1 1 9 13 21 -7 20
20 Tranmere Rovers 20 5 5 10 23 34 10 3 4 3 16 13 10 2 1 7 7 21 -11 20
21 Milton Keynes Dons 21 5 2 14 18 33 11 4 1 6 9 17 10 1 1 8 9 16 -15 17
22 Southend United 22 1 4 17 24 62 10 0 2 8 9 32 12 1 2 9 15 30 -38 7
23 Bolton Wanderers 18 4 5 9 14 41 10 3 5 2 10 14 8 1 0 7 4 27 -27 5

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.