📏 Form Guide

Bristol Rovers

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Bristol Rovers are hoping to win again following a 1-0 League One victory versus Cambridge United.

The only scorer from Bristol Rovers was Chris Martin (87').

A common feature of more recent Bristol Rovers games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their prior 6 matches before this one, in 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost.

Ahead of this clash, Bristol Rovers have not emerged victorious against Peterborough United in their previous 2 matches in the league.

Peterborough United

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Peterborough United go into this match following on from a 4-1 League One win to defeat Fleetwood Town in their last game.

For Peterborough United, the scorers were Malik Mothersille (17'), Archie Collins (81') and Jonson Clarke-Harris (95', 96'). Bosun Lawal (1') was the scorer for Fleetwood Town.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Peterborough United, at least three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match during that time is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Peterborough United equalling 1.33. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out if the trend might continue on here in this game.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 03/11/2020 tells us that Bristol Rovers have won 1 of these & Peterborough United 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

8 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 2 from The Pirates and 6 belonging to The Posh. That is an average goals per game value of 1.33.

The previous league clash between these sides was League One match day 10 on 30/09/2023 when the final score was Peterborough United 2-0 Bristol Rovers.

The referee was Ben Toner.

📋 Team News: Bristol Rovers

The Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game with a fully healthy squad to pick from.

🗞️ Team News: Peterborough United

From a largely full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness problem for the Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson to contend with. Jeando Fuchs (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Bristol Rovers will likely create enough chances to find the net against this Peterborough United outfit, although just one goal probably won’t quite be good enough.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 win for Peterborough United after 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Renata Leite, 13:07 20/04/2024