Peterborough United vs Bristol Rovers Live Stream, Predictions

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Peterborough United

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Peterborough United will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Championship losing effort in their last game against Blackpool.

In that match, Peterborough United managed 59% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Peterborough United was Siriki Dembélé (11'). For their opponents, Blackpool had 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Keshi Anderson (27'), Sonny Carey (86') and Jerry Yates (90') scored for Blackpool.

Peterborough United haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opposing sides over the course of their previous 6 outings. In those games, Peterborough United have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 12. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out if such a trend shall persist in this next game or not.

Bristol Rovers

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Bristol Rovers will come into the clash following a 4-2 League Two win to defeat Rochdale in their most recent fixture.

For Bristol Rovers, the scorers were Antony Evans (10'), Aaron Collins (51', 89') and Harry Anderson (84'). Jake Beesley (60', 66') was the scorer for Rochdale.

Bristol Rovers have seen success in front of goal leading up to this encounter, scoring 10 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Bristol Rovers can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same outings.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 24/03/2018 shows that Peterborough United have won 2 of them and Bristol Rovers 0, with the number of drawn results being 4.

A total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for The Posh and 4 coming from The Pirates. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league fixture between these sides was League One match day 26 on 26/01/2021 which finished with the scoreline of Peterborough United 0-0 Bristol Rovers.

The match was refereed by Graham Salisbury.

📰 Team News: Peterborough United

The Peterborough United boss Darren Ferguson does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Bristol Rovers

Due to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton has no fitness worries at all before this game.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Peterborough United will probably get the goals that they need when they face Bristol Rovers, who could well struggle to score themselves.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for Peterborough United when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:18 04/01/2022