Doncaster Rovers vs Swindon Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Keepmoat Stadium (15231 seats)

7th spot in the League Two table for Doncaster Rovers so far, a strong showing. The home team followers pray for more glory as 11th-placed Swindon Town visit The Keepmoat Stadium.

Insights:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Doncaster nor Swindon Town 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.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Doncaster Rovers so far this season.

Doncaster Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barrow (0-2). Doncaster's goalkeeper Mitchell was extremely busy against Barrow, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Before that game, the home loss against Mansfield Town with the scoreline 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Doncaster Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 4.

The manager McSheffrey will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lincoln City in only three days.

A decent goal production from Doncaster in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Doncaster Rovers have conceded 6 from these games.

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Swindon Town form and stats

0-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swindon Town in their League Two matches away.

Williams, Shade and Wakeling scored in Swindon's previous match, the home game against Sutton United that ended 3-2. Wakeling came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sutton United last time out, making the manager Lindsey feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Reed was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Reed hit two key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 60 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Gillingham.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swindon Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Swindon Town wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Plymouth Argyle in just three days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Swindon Town's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Swindon in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Doncaster Rovers six wins, two draws and Swindon Town two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
3 goals
Swindon TownJ. Wakeling
J. Wakeling
3 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Agard
K. Agard
2 goals

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers Swindon Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
4 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
10 7 2 Scored S 0 2 9
10 6 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
62% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
5.4 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5.6
4 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 5.4
1.9 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 11.5 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13.4
3.6 5.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.6
34% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 31%
 
13 8.2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 12.9
3.5 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.2 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Doncaster Rovers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Doncaster Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Doncaster Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Swindon Town have scored away.
  • Doncaster Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Doncaster Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Swindon Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Swindon Town have yet to win a 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 Leyton Orient 8 7 1 0 15 4 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 3 1 0 6 2 11 22
2 Stevenage 8 6 1 1 11 6 4 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 19
3 Barrow 8 6 0 2 13 9 4 4 0 0 8 3 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 18
4 Salford City 8 5 2 1 13 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 17
5 Northampton Town 8 5 2 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 2 2 0 8 5 6 17
6 Bradford City 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 7 6 4 14
7 Doncaster Rovers 8 4 2 2 10 10 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 14
8 Mansfield Town 8 4 1 3 12 9 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 13
9 Grimsby Town 7 3 3 1 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 12
10 Crewe Alexandra 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 12
11 Swindon Town 8 2 5 1 9 8 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 0 3 1 2 5 1 11
12 Sutton United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 0 1 3 3 6 0 11
13 Carlisle United 7 2 4 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 10
14 Walsall 8 2 3 3 10 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 9
15 AFC Wimbledon 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -3 8
16 Tranmere Rovers 8 2 1 5 8 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 0 1 3 1 5 -1 7
17 Newport County 8 2 1 5 9 11 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 1 1 2 5 4 -2 7
18 Stockport County 8 2 1 5 10 13 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 0 4 5 9 -3 7
19 Harrogate Town 8 2 1 5 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 7
20 Crawley Town 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 0 3 1 3 4 -4 6
21 Colchester United 8 1 3 4 7 12 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 -5 6
22 Gillingham 8 1 3 4 2 9 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 6
23 Hartlepool United 8 0 4 4 6 15 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 3 4 11 -9 4
24 Rochdale 8 0 2 6 5 13 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 1 3 3 8 -8 2

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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.