The odds favour Doncaster Rovers in this game vs Rochdale, but the away team will resist to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match guide!
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
It's no vacation for neither Doncaster Rovers nor Rochdale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
Doncaster Rovers have played 10 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Doncaster faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tranmere Rovers (0-3). Midfield player Close got a match rating of 6.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Close had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Newport County.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Carlisle United in only three days. This game is also played here at M-Power Stadium.
The Doncaster Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Rochdale form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rochdale so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Rochdale who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Salford City was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Hartlepool United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Rochdale goalkeeper O'Donnell had a first-class shift vs Hartlepool United, but in spite of registering six saves the beating could not be stopped. The attacker Henderson got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Henderson scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Harrogate Town.Rochdale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rochdale manager Bentley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Barrow.
The attacking power of Rochdale when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Rochdale in these games.
Head 2 Head
Doncaster Rovers have won or drawn the last 7 fixtures (5-2-0) against Rochdale.Rochdale - Doncaster Rovers 1-2 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous head to head match, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 9 goals |   S. Quigley 4 goals | K. Agard 3 goals |
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| Doncaster Rovers | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 30 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 52% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 5% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 43% |
| 18% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 36% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 43% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| 3.1 | 4.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 35% | 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 27% |
| 11.8 | 8.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Doncaster Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rochdale have scored away.
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rochdale 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 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Barrow | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Walsall | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 14 |
