Can Swindon Town beat Doncaster Rovers in The Energy Check County Ground clash?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Energy Check County Ground (15728 seats)

The visiting Doncaster Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Swindon Town, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Swindon Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in League One
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Swindon Town form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Swindon Town are 4-1-6 (wins-draw-losses).

Swindon are returning here after visiting Ipswich Town in a League One game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Diallang Jaiyesimi (2) and Scott Twine scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Swindon lost 1-4 at home to Milton Keynes Dons.

Swindon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Doncaster love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Doncaster, whose manager D. Moore could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Blackburn Rovers. A loss against Shrewsbury Town was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.

A quick return to home after this game, as Doncaster are hosting Rochdale in the League One only three days away.

Doncaster has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Doncaster have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Doncaster Rovers - Swindon Town 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon three wins, two draws and Doncaster Rovers five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversR. James
R. James
5 goals
Doncaster RoversB. Whiteman
B. Whiteman
5 goals
SwindonD. Jaiyesimi
D. Jaiyesimi
4 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Swindon Town Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 4 8 18
6 4 1 Won W 2 4 10
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
13 6 2 Lost L 1 3 5
28 13 4 Scored S 7 13 32
43 18 7 Conceded C 4 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 78%
67% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 61%
43% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 33%
29% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
62% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 72%
5% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 17%
33% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 9.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 12.8
3.5 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.4
38% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 37% 41%
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.
  • Swindon Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in League One
  • Swindon Town has the most matches over the total-line (14) in League One
  • Swindon Town 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 Lincoln City 21 13 3 5 32 18 11 6 1 4 17 13 10 7 2 1 15 5 14 42
2 Hull City 20 12 2 6 32 19 9 6 0 3 10 6 11 6 2 3 22 13 13 38
3 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
4 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 4 1 3 13 9 12 33
5 Peterborough United 19 10 3 6 30 20 8 6 1 1 20 8 11 4 2 5 10 12 10 33
6 Accrington Stanley 17 10 3 4 25 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 9 5 1 3 16 11 8 33
7 Charlton Athletic 20 9 5 6 29 24 9 4 2 3 14 12 11 5 3 3 15 12 5 32
8 Ipswich Town 19 10 2 7 25 22 11 7 0 4 14 12 8 3 2 3 11 10 3 32
9 Crewe Alexandra 21 9 4 8 28 24 11 6 2 3 17 10 10 3 2 5 11 14 4 31
10 Sunderland 19 7 9 3 24 15 10 3 4 3 10 11 9 4 5 0 14 4 9 30
11 Fleetwood Town 20 8 5 7 28 18 10 5 3 2 16 7 10 3 2 5 12 11 10 29
12 Oxford United 20 8 4 8 30 27 9 4 2 3 14 10 11 4 2 5 16 17 3 28
13 Blackpool 20 8 3 9 20 23 9 5 1 3 11 10 11 3 2 6 9 13 -3 27
14 Gillingham 21 8 2 11 23 27 11 4 1 6 10 14 10 4 1 5 13 13 -4 26
15 Plymouth Argyle 21 7 5 9 28 37 12 7 2 3 19 16 9 0 3 6 9 21 -9 26
16 Milton Keynes Dons 21 6 7 8 26 25 10 3 5 2 14 11 11 3 2 6 12 14 1 25
17 Shrewsbury Town 20 5 9 6 21 25 9 1 5 3 11 13 11 4 4 3 10 12 -4 24
18 Bristol Rovers 18 6 4 8 20 27 9 3 1 5 10 15 9 3 3 3 10 12 -7 22
19 Northampton Town 21 6 4 11 19 36 12 3 3 6 8 17 9 3 1 5 11 19 -17 22
20 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 6 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 14 18 11 3 4 4 11 15 -8 21
21 Rochdale 19 5 5 9 26 33 10 1 5 4 10 18 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 20
22 Swindon Town 21 6 2 13 28 43 11 4 1 6 13 18 10 2 1 7 15 25 -15 20
23 Wigan Athletic 20 5 4 11 21 35 10 2 3 5 12 19 10 3 1 6 9 16 -14 19
24 Burton Albion 23 3 7 13 29 50 11 2 2 7 17 27 12 1 5 6 12 23 -21 16

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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.