The hosts, Swindon Town, should be front runners in this fixture, but Bristol Rovers have proven both talent and mettle. Learn more about the fixture!
- Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town have collected 14 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-5-3.
A strong away win for Swindon Town against Port Vale the last match, as Williams and Gladwin were on target. The striker McKirdy won the honour of being "man of the match" for Swindon Town with the rating of 8.01/10. McKirdy served one assist and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Mansfield Town.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 Swindon Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost three.
Swindon Town has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
There's been little loot from Bristol Rovers's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Bristol Rovers only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Bristol won their last game, 2-0 versus Hartlepool United played at home. Evans got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Evans scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Peterborough United before that.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, two draws and nine defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The schedule is very tough for Bristol Rovers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Scunthorpe United is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Bristol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. Bristol Rovers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers have faced each other already this season: Bristol Rovers - Swindon Town 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Swindon Town wins - draws - Bristol Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. McKirdy 9 goals | J. Payne 8 goals | T. Simpson 8 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Swindon Town | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 39 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 88% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 58% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 55% |
| 42% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 9% |
| 71% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 64% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 23% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13.1 | 12.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | 37% |
| 11 | 12.1 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 13 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Barrow | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
