Home advantage could prove decisive in Swindon Town - Doncaster Rovers battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The County Ground (1000 seats)

Things are looking good for Swindon Town so far, with the 8th position in the League Two table and looking forward to facing Doncaster Rovers (who are in 11th).

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two.

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Swindon Town form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Swindon Town have to build on here at The County Ground in the League Two.

The club members are hoping that Swindon Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Newport County (placed 19th). Blake-Tracy was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Blake-Tracy hit one key pass and won 13 of 16 duels.

In the match before that, Swindon Town hosted Gillingham and drew the game 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

There will be little rest for Swindon Town after this match as they are travelling to Sutton United for a League Two game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Swindon Town in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Swindon Town have conceded only 13 goals.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Doncaster's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Doncaster Rovers had fun at their own home (The County Ground) last time out, beating Tranmere Rovers 2-0. Close and Hurst scored. That win felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning. Goalkeeper Mitchell was absolutely vital in the Doncaster Rovers victory against Tranmere Rovers, making six saves. Mitchell (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.63. Mitchell topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Hartlepool United.

We have checked recent matches where Doncaster Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Doncaster, the League Two home match versus Barrow. Busy days.

The attacking power of Doncaster Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Doncaster rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Doncaster Rovers - Swindon Town 0-1 was the scoreline in these participants' latest head-to-head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon three wins, two draws and Doncaster Rovers five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Doncaster RoversG. Miller
G. Miller
9 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
8 goals
Doncaster RoversK. Hurst
K. Hurst
6 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Swindon Town Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
11 6 2 Won W 1 4 12
9 5 2 Drew D 0 3 4
8 3 1 Lost L 3 7 12
37 22 10 Scored S 2 12 33
30 13 5 Conceded C 8 23 40
89% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
68% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 71%
43% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 54%
14% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 21%
14% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 11%
50% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 50%
32% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 18%
29% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
6.2 6.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 4.6
4.6 4.2 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 4.5
2 2.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 14.8 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.6 10.4
3.9 4.2 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.1 3
34% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 39%
 
10.9 9.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.7 11.4
3.1 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 30 19 6 5 39 17 15 11 3 1 21 4 15 8 3 4 18 13 22 63
2 Stevenage 27 16 8 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 13 4 7 2 12 12 21 56
3 Carlisle United 29 14 9 6 48 28 15 8 5 2 25 12 14 6 4 4 23 16 20 51
4 Northampton Town 28 14 8 6 42 28 14 7 4 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 50
5 Salford City 29 14 6 9 40 29 15 7 4 4 18 14 14 7 2 5 22 15 11 48
6 Mansfield Town 28 12 7 9 41 37 14 6 5 3 25 20 14 6 2 6 16 17 4 43
7 Stockport County 28 12 6 10 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 12 14 5 2 7 19 15 12 42
8 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 37 30 14 6 5 3 22 13 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 42
9 Bradford City 27 11 9 7 32 26 14 5 6 3 18 14 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 42
10 Barrow 29 12 5 12 34 38 14 8 1 5 19 13 15 4 4 7 15 25 -4 41
11 Doncaster Rovers 28 12 4 12 33 40 14 8 1 5 21 17 14 4 3 7 12 23 -7 40
12 Sutton United 29 11 7 11 28 35 14 8 3 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 40
13 AFC Wimbledon 28 10 9 9 30 29 13 6 4 3 15 11 15 4 5 6 15 18 1 39
14 Walsall 26 10 8 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 3 6 5 11 12 7 38
15 Tranmere Rovers 29 10 8 11 31 28 14 6 4 4 19 12 15 4 4 7 12 16 3 38
16 Grimsby Town 25 9 6 10 29 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 16 17 -3 33
17 Colchester United 30 8 7 15 30 38 15 4 6 5 16 17 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 31
18 Crewe Alexandra 27 7 10 10 21 34 16 5 5 6 15 19 11 2 5 4 6 15 -13 31
19 Newport County 27 7 8 12 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 17 13 3 5 5 13 14 -5 29
20 Harrogate Town 27 7 6 14 33 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 13 3 2 8 15 20 -8 27
21 Crawley Town 26 6 7 13 29 42 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 0 6 7 11 23 -13 25
22 Hartlepool United 29 6 7 16 29 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 15 3 2 10 15 29 -23 25
23 Gillingham 27 5 9 13 15 31 13 4 4 5 7 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -16 24
24 Rochdale 29 5 5 19 23 44 14 2 2 10 11 21 15 3 3 9 12 23 -21 20

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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.