Soccer betting preview: Tranmere Rovers welcomes Milton Keynes Dons in what could be a tight duel

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Tranmere Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons are both riding high in the League Two with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Tranmere Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Tranmere Rovers have performed well at Prenton Park so far this season with 13 wins from 20 matches. Points have also been lost, 4 after draws and 3 from defeats. After failing to beat Northampton Town here at Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Tranmere Rovers manager M. Mellon and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Newport County in the League Two. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oldham Athletic (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Tranmere Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tranmere Rovers as a small favourite), we find seven games. Tranmere Rovers has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Tranmere Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Prenton Park with 30 goals in 20 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Tranmere Rovers have only let in 10 goals at home.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

8 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Milton Keynes Dons playing as the away team this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Lincoln City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Forest Green Rovers with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Milton Keynes Dons in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Milton Keynes Dons, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

Milton Keynes Dons are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 33 times in 20 away games so far. In the opposite end, Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Milton Keynes Dons - Tranmere Rovers 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Tranmere Rovers victories, 1 draw and 6 Milton Keynes Dons wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Norwood
27 goals
K. Agard
19 goals / 1 assists
C. Aneke
16 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Tranmere Rovers Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
59 30 Scored 33 66
44 10 Conceded 30 43
88% 90% Over 0.5 95% 98%
66% 50% Over 1.5 80% 76%
41% 30% Over 2.5 60% 41%
27% 15% Over 3.5 45% 27%
17% 10% Over 4.5 20% 15%
49% 35% Both teams to score 70% 51%
44% 60% Clean Sheet 25% 39%
20% 15% Failed To Score 10% 12%
Key stats this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 40 17 11 12 53 42 20 10 3 7 30 22 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 40 15 13 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 58
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 39 16 8 15 49 57 19 11 5 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 56
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
23 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37
24 Macclesfield Town 40 8 12 20 42 66 20 4 9 7 22 32 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 36

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