Sutton United get everything set for this match after their 2-0 result versus Carlisle United, a match that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Bristol Rovers?
- Sutton United have the most points from losing position (14) in League Two
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Sutton United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Borough Sports Ground as Sutton United have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Sutton United tasted defeat here at The Borough Sports Ground, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Sutton United are confident in defense, having played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Sutton United against Carlisle United the last match, as Ajiboye and Olaofe were on target. Midfield player Ajiboye got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Ajiboye scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sutton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won ten times, drawn one and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Salford City are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Sutton United in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Sutton United are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Borough Sports Ground in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
The followers enjoyed Bristol Rovers's previous match versus Walsall (placed 19th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfielder Thomas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Thomas hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Scunthorpe United with the score of 3-2.Bristol Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Oldham Athletic.
The visiting Bristol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. Bristol Rovers have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ajiboye 7 goals |  I. Olaofe 7 goals | R. Milsom 5 goals |
Sutton United missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Sutton United | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 43 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| 33 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 36 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 52% | 54% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 52% |
| 33% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 32% |
| 22% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 52% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 64% |
| 41% | 46% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 37% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | 37% |
| 12.6 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.7 | 11.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sutton United have the most points from losing position (14) in League Two
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 34 | 58 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 48 |
| 3 | Newport County | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 10 | Salford City | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 32 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 29 |
| 19 | Walsall | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 19 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
