Tranmere Rovers vs Doncaster Rovers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

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

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 Tranmere Rovers and Doncaster Rovers.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Tranmere Rovers have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

In their previous game, the manager M. Mellon led his Tranmere Rovers to a defeat in the League One match away at Sunderland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prenton Park. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Southend United.

Tranmere Rovers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Tranmere Rovers can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Tranmere Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

It's the second away game in a row for Doncaster Rovers, but there's smiles all around after the 7-1 victory versus Southend United (placed 23rd) in the League One last time out. Before that, Doncaster Rovers secured a home win against Bristol Rovers with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, Doncaster Rovers was the only team on the pitch versus Southend United in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.

A new game in only three days for Doncaster Rovers, the EFL Trophy home match versus Manchester United U21. Busy days.

Doncaster Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Doncaster Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings between the teams: Tranmere Rovers won 2, Doncaster Rovers won 5 and 2 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversK. Sadlier
K. Sadlier
5 goals / 3 assists
Tranmere RoversS. Payne
S. Payne
4 goals / 1 assists
Tranmere RoversO. Banks
O. Banks
3 goals / 1 assists

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Tranmere Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 1 5 13
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 4
7 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
17 14 2 Scored S 7 9 22
27 10 2 Conceded C 1 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 85%
57% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 46%
43% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 15%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 15%
50% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 62%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
36% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 23%
 
5.1 5.9 7 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4 5.8
5.1 4.3 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 5 4.3
2.1 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.5
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Tranmere Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Vanarama National League League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
05-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
08-10-19 EFL Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Aston Villa U21
13-10-19 LO Coventry City 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
18-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Southend United
22-10-19 LO Sunderland 5 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
26-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 16:00 Doncaster Rovers
02-11-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 16:00 Tranmere Rovers
09-11-19 FAC Tranmere Rovers 16:00 Wycombe Wanderers
12-11-19 EFL Tranmere Rovers 20:45 Salford City
17-11-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 13:00 Wycombe Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
05-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Portsmouth
08-10-19 EFL Rotherham United 3 - 2 Doncaster Rovers
12-10-19 LO Oxford United 3 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
19-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
22-10-19 LO Southend United 1 - 7 Doncaster Rovers
26-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 16:00 Doncaster Rovers
29-10-19 EFL Doncaster Rovers 20:45 Manchester United U21
02-11-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 16:00 Burton Albion
09-11-19 FAC AFC Wimbledon 16:00 Doncaster Rovers
16-11-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 16:00 Shrewsbury Town

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

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