Doncaster Rovers vs Rochdale Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Doncaster Rovers

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Doncaster Rovers will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 League One triumph versus Swindon Town.

The only scorer from Doncaster Rovers was Fejiri Okenabirhie (5', 45'). Hallam Hope (73') scored for Swindon Town.

It has been seldom in recent games where Doncaster Rovers have kept a clean sheet. In fact, The Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 5 goals along the way. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Doncaster Rovers:

• haven't lost in the league to Rochdale in their previous 5 matches.
• have left without a victory over Rochdale in their last 2 league games.

Rochdale

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In the game prior to this, Rochdale drew 3-3 in the League One tie with Wigan Athletic.

For Rochdale, goals were scored by Stephen Humphrys (7', 90') and Jake Beesley (58'). Kyle Joseph (9'), Callum Lang (16') and Will Keane (77') scored for Wigan Athletic.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, Rochdale have bagged a tally of 17 goals. The Dale have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 18 goals scored by their opponents.

A look at their previous results shows us that Rochdale:

• haven't won against Doncaster Rovers when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 29/12/2017 shows us that Doncaster Rovers have won 3 of these and Rochdale 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 of them for The Rovers and 5 being from The Dale. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was League One match day 32 on 08/02/2020 when it ended Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Rochdale.

The match was refereed by Neil Hair.

🗞️ Team News: Doncaster Rovers

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Doncaster Rovers manager Darren Moore to be concerned about due to a largely intact squad. Rayhaan Tulloch (Hamstring Injury) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Rochdale

With a fully injury-free group to pick from, Rochdale boss Brian Barry-Murphy has no fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

In this game, Doncaster Rovers will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the other end, Rochdale could well struggle to find the back of the net - but, we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet here.

We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Doncaster Rovers come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:09 15/01/2021