Peterborough United - Rotherham United: Small difference between teams in League One clash

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Road Stadium (15314 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Peterborough United have their presumed home advantage while Rotherham United are ahead 7 points in the League One table.

The hosts Peterborough United saw competitive action as recent as zero days ago, playing in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rotherham United, was also a home game here at London Road Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Peterborough United form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 League One games here at London Road Stadium for Peterborough United, who have the most scored goals (29) at home in League One,. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at London Road Stadium.

The Peterborough United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rotherham United in League One and win 2-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wycombe Wanderers in a game that was won 4-0.

The Peterborough United manager D. Ferguson has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. Peterborough United have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United, who have the the best goal difference (+22) in League One, have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Peterborough United. Rotherham United has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The supporters enjoyed Rotherham United's previous game versus Bristol Rovers (placed 13th), a League One 3-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Rotherham United won their away game at Oxford United. The scoreline was 3-1.

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

Rotherham United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 13 away games so far. 15 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rotherham United - Peterborough United 4-0 earlier this season. Peterborough United-Rotherham United H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Peterborough United 5 wins, Rotherham United 3 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedI. Toney
I. Toney
17 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Eisa
M. Eisa
13 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Maddison
M. Maddison
9 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Peterborough United Rotherham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 13 26
12 9 2 Won W 3 8 14
7 3 2 Drew D 0 2 5
9 2 0 Lost L 2 3 7
50 31 11 Scored S 7 24 48
36 13 4 Conceded C 4 15 26
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 85% 77%
64% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 62%
46% 50% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 31%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
39% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 69% 54%
39% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 23% 31%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 8% 19%
 
5.2 5.6 6.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.6 6.7
5.1 4.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.1 5.5
1.7 1.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.9
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
380 206 65 Total Shots T S 44 162 347
149 91 34 Shots on Target S O 18 64 126
34% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 38% 38%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals (29) at home
  • Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+17) 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.
  • Rotherham United has the most scored goals (24) away
  • Rotherham United has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
  • Rotherham United has the the best goal difference (+22)
  • Rotherham United has the the best goal difference (+9) away
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rotherham United is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 27 13 8 6 34 31 14 10 3 1 26 16 13 3 5 5 8 15 3 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Sunderland 26 11 9 6 36 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 42
6 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Peterborough United 27 11 7 9 48 35 13 8 3 2 29 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 13 40
9 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
10 Doncaster Rovers 25 10 8 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 10 3 4 3 15 9 12 38
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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.