Memorial Stadium: Bristol Rovers vs Swindon Town League Two full preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

Here's every single thing you should learn, and then some, ahead of the Bristol Rovers - Swindon Town game!

Insights:
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Swindon Town have not yet lost a game away.

Both squads have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an animated fixture!

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers have collected 6 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-0-2.

Bristol enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Walsall's place. The match ended 2-1 with Sion Spence and Connor Taylor scoring. Some amazing scenes last match, when Sion Spence scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time. Defender Connor Taylor got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Taylor scored one goal and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Leyton Orient that was lost 1-3.

Bristol aren't scoring a lot here at Memorial Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Bristol have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swindon Town in their League Two matches away. Visiting Swindon Town has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Swindon Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Colchester United (placed 16th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Joseph Wollacott was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.64. The agile goalkeeper Wollacott stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw at Northampton Town's stadium before that.

Swindon Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Swindon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Bristol Rovers, two draws and four wins for Swindon Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
3 goals
Swindon TownT. Simpson
T. Simpson
3 goals
BristolC. Harries
C. Harries
1 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 3 4 9
3 2 0 Won W 2 2 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 2
8 3 0 Scored S 5 6 9
14 5 0 Conceded C 2 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 56%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 33%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 56%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 44%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
4.7 3.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.3
3.7 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.2 6.3
1.6 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 12.6
3.1 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 4.2
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 43% 24%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Swindon Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Swindon Town have not yet lost a game away.
  • Swindon Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Swindon Town 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 Forest Green Rovers 9 6 2 1 18 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 3 1 0 9 2 10 20
2 Leyton Orient 9 4 4 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 9 2 4 1 3 0 7 5 9 16
3 Harrogate Town 9 4 4 1 15 11 5 2 3 0 8 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 16
4 Port Vale 9 4 3 2 10 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 15
5 Northampton Town 9 4 3 2 9 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 15
6 Exeter City 9 3 5 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 6 1 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 14
7 Hartlepool United 9 4 2 3 9 7 5 4 1 0 7 2 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 14
8 Crawley Town 9 4 2 3 12 13 5 3 2 0 8 5 4 1 0 3 4 8 -1 14
9 Swindon Town 9 3 4 2 9 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 13
10 Barrow 9 3 3 3 13 11 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 12
11 Bradford City 9 3 3 3 12 11 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 12
12 Rochdale 9 3 3 3 12 11 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 1 1 9 7 1 12
13 Tranmere Rovers 9 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 0 1 4 1 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 12
14 Sutton United 8 3 2 3 10 8 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 11
15 Newport County 9 3 2 4 10 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 11
16 Colchester United 8 2 4 2 7 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 2 3 0 6 4 0 10
17 Carlisle United 9 2 4 3 9 13 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 1 1 3 4 9 -4 10
18 Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 5 8 14 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 5 9 -6 10
19 Salford City 9 2 3 4 9 10 6 2 3 1 7 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -1 9
20 Mansfield Town 9 2 3 4 10 14 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 0 2 2 2 5 -4 9
21 Stevenage 9 2 3 4 7 13 4 1 2 1 3 6 5 1 1 3 4 7 -6 9
22 Walsall 9 2 2 5 9 13 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4 8
23 Scunthorpe United 9 1 4 4 6 14 5 1 1 3 3 9 4 0 3 1 3 5 -8 7
24 Oldham Athletic 9 2 1 6 5 14 4 0 1 3 1 6 5 2 0 3 4 8 -9 7

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.