Getting nearer the top teams is the subject when these two mid-table teams meet. Both are targeting to improve their league status, Tranmere Rovers in 15th and Doncaster Rovers in 10th position.
- Tranmere Rovers 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
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.
Tranmere Rovers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Grimsby Town. Defender Byrne got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Byrne won 8 of 12 duels.
0-0 away at Northampton Town before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tranmere handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 13 league games, 11 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Tranmere Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Barrow awaits in three days.
Tranmere are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Tranmere Rovers have conceded only 9 goals.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Doncaster, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Newport County (placed 18th) last time out. Defender Knoyle was the best team player with a rating of 7.51. Knoyle scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Walsall.Doncaster Rovers 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, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Doncaster Rovers are hosting Rochdale in the League Two only three days away.
As opposed to that, Doncaster have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Doncaster Rovers have been victorious in every one of the 5 most recent matches versus this team. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 9 goals |   J. Hawkes 4 goals | E. Nevitt 4 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 86% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 67% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 71% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 52% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 18% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 52% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 19% |
| 33% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 10.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 41% | 35% |
| 9.9 | 8.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.9 | 11.9 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- 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
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Barrow | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
