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Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Dec, 12:30 BST, The Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

It's an away match for Nigel Adkins's Tranmere Rovers side on Saturday lunch time, as they make their way to The Keepmoat Stadium for a League Two showdown with Grant McCann's Doncaster Rovers. We've got bespoke statistics for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Doncaster
52%
--
Draw
26%
--
Tranmere
22%
--
Doncaster 1-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Doncaster 2-0
11%
--
Doncaster 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Tranmere 1-0
8%
--
Doncaster 3-0
5%
--
Tranmere 2-1
5%
--
Doncaster 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Tranmere 2-0
3%
--
Doncaster 3-2
2%
--
Doncaster 4-0
2%
--
Doncaster 4-1
2%
--
Tranmere 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
40%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
9%
--
Home/draw
78%
--
Away/draw
48%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
40%
--
Doncaster win to nil
33%
--
Tranmere win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Doncaster have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Doncaster have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 12 goals.

Home League Performance

Doncaster have played 10 games at home winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 12 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Tranmere are in 21st position in the League Two on 18 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Tranmere have conceded 21 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Doncaster
Tranmere
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Walsall1811431537 
Apr 1
Dec 26
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
2
Port Vale191054735 
Jan 4
w
 
2-3F
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
3
Doncaster Home19964633 
-
-
Apr 18
Dec 21
4
Crewe18873631 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
Apr 26
l
 
3-1F
5
Grimsby191018-131 
Feb 15
w
 
0-3F
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
6
AFC Wim189361430 
Apr 12
Dec 14
l
 
0-2A
Jan 18
7
MK Dons179351130 
Feb 1
d
 
1-1A
Feb 15
d
 
1-1A
8
Chesterfield197751028 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 8
Apr 5
l
 
3-0A
9
Notts C18774728 
d
 
1-1A
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 22
10
Gillingham18828326 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 18
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
11
Bradford18675425 
Apr 26
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
Mar 15
12
Salford18666-224 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 22
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
13
Barrow18657123 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 29
Dec 29
Apr 21
14
Bromley18585023 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 4
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
15
Cheltenham19658-323 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 5
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
16
Fleetwood17575122 
Jan 1
w
 
2-4F
-
Mar 22
17
Newport18648-722 
Mar 1
l
 
3-1F
w
 
2-1F
May 3
18
Colchester18495121 
Apr 21
Dec 29
Feb 1
l
 
3-0A
19
Harrogate196310-1221 
Jan 25
l
 
2-0A
Dec 14
Apr 1
20
Accrington18468-818 
w
 
4-1F
Feb 22
Dec 26
Apr 12
21
Tranmere Away18468-1318 
Dec 21
Apr 18
-
-
22
Swindon19379-1016 
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
Jan 28
23
Morecambe193511-1514 
w
 
1-0F
-
d
 
2-2A
Jan 1
24
Carlisle183510-1514 
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 4
w
 
1-2A
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
3
Doncaster have drawn 3 consecutive home league games
3
Tranmere have lost 3 consecutive away league games
5
Doncaster have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Doncaster 3RD
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Doncaster2 - 2Cheltenham
Doncaster1 - 1Salford
Doncaster1 - 1Notts C
Doncaster0 - 1Bromley
Doncaster1 - 1Crewe
Doncaster1 - 0Barrow
Doncaster0 - 3Chesterfield
Doncaster1 - 0Gillingham
Doncaster1 - 0Morecambe
Doncaster4 - 1Accrington
Doncaster0 - 2Crewe
Doncaster4 - 2Barrow
Doncaster4 - 0Accrington
Doncaster2 - 1Walsall
Doncaster1 - 0Wrexham
Doncaster2 - 0Forest Green
Doncaster2 - 0Crewe
Doncaster1 - 0AFC Wim
Doncaster2 - 1Tranmere
Doncaster1 - 5Stockport
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDoncaster2 - 2Cheltenham
ADoncaster4 - 2Fleetwood
ADoncaster0 - 0Carlisle
HDoncaster1 - 1Salford
HDoncaster1 - 1Notts C
ADoncaster2 - 1Bradford
HDoncaster0 - 1Bromley
ADoncaster2 - 1Swindon
HDoncaster1 - 1Crewe
ADoncaster3 - 0Grimsby
HDoncaster1 - 0Barrow
HDoncaster0 - 3Chesterfield
ADoncaster1 - 1MK Dons
ADoncaster0 - 2Harrogate
HDoncaster1 - 0Gillingham
ADoncaster3 - 2Port Vale
HDoncaster1 - 0Morecambe
ADoncaster1 - 3Newport
HDoncaster4 - 1Accrington
HDoncaster0 - 2Crewe
Tranmere 21ST
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chesterfield3 - 0Tranmere
Cheltenham1 - 0Tranmere
Crewe3 - 1Tranmere
Bromley1 - 2Tranmere
MK Dons1 - 1Tranmere
Colchester3 - 0Tranmere
Gillingham3 - 0Tranmere
Carlisle1 - 2Tranmere
Port Vale0 - 0Tranmere
Accrington4 - 1Tranmere
Newport1 - 2Tranmere
Bradford2 - 0Tranmere
Wrexham0 - 1Tranmere
Gillingham1 - 1Tranmere
Swindon3 - 1Tranmere
Forest Green1 - 0Tranmere
Doncaster2 - 1Tranmere
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Barrow1 - 0Tranmere
Harrogate0 - 2Tranmere
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere0 - 3Chesterfield
HTranmere2 - 2Morecambe
HTranmere0 - 2AFC Wim
ATranmere0 - 1Cheltenham
HTranmere2 - 1Newport
ATranmere1 - 3Crewe
HTranmere0 - 1Grimsby
ATranmere2 - 1Bromley
HTranmere0 - 2Bradford
ATranmere1 - 1MK Dons
HTranmere1 - 1Swindon
HTranmere0 - 0Salford
ATranmere0 - 3Colchester
ATranmere0 - 3Gillingham
ATranmere2 - 1Carlisle
HTranmere1 - 0Walsall
ATranmere0 - 0Port Vale
HTranmere0 - 0Notts C
ATranmere1 - 4Accrington
HTranmere3 - 2AFC Wim
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Doncaster have beaten Tranmere in 3 consecutive league meetings
5
Doncaster have not lost to Tranmere in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Doncaster since 2004
Doncaster
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
5
3
Games: Scored
3 / 7
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
4 / 7
DON
3
D
3
TRA
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Doncaster
Doncaster2 - 1
Doncaster2 - 0
Doncaster1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Tranmere
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Tranmere since 2005
Tranmere
Doncaster
Goals: Scored
8
14
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
DON
6
TRA
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
1 - 2Doncaster
Tranmere3 - 0
0 - 3Doncaster
1 - 2Doncaster
0 - 1Doncaster
Tranmere1 - 0
0 - 2Doncaster
2 - 4Doncaster
Goal Statistics

Doncaster Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday lunch time, not least because Tranmere Rovers have conceded in each of their last 11 League Two games. A PG of 1.5 for Grant McCann's side suggests that run should continue.

Doncaster 3rd Tranmere 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Doncaster will score 1 or more goals
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Tranmere scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Doncaster’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-27
Tranmere have scored 27% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Doncaster
PG (predicted goals)
Tranmere
1.5
0.9
Attack rating
45%
better
DON
TRA
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Games scored15
8
Failed to score4
10
Scored first10
5
Goals scored28
12
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.7
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal7
12
Conversion rate for15
9
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+45%
Defence rating
5%
better
DON
TRA
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Games conceded14
14
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first8
10
Goals conceded22
25
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded6
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against20%
15%
Avg. XG against1
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%

Doncaster v Tranmere League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Doncaster League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19745
T Sharman-LoweL MolyneuxJ SterryJ McGrath
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Sharman-Lowe GLK19
2
-
J Sterry DEF194
2
-
O Bailey MID1921
3
-
J Ironside FWD1921
-
P McCarthy FWD1961
3
-
L Molyneux FWD1874
2
1
J Gibson MID1732
-
J McGrath DEF161
4
1
H Clifton MID1621
4
1
J Olowu DEF1511
-
K Hurst FWD1422
3
-
B Fleming DEF13
3
-
P Kelly MID13
1
-
G Broadbent MID121
-
T Anderson DEF111
1
1
E. Yeboah FWD11
3
-
J Sbarra MID102
-
J Senior DEF81
1
-
J Maxwell DEF8
2
-
B Close MID6
-
T Nixon DEF2
-
R Wood DEF2
-
Z Westbrooke MID2
-
Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18314
L McGeeO PatrickC NormanL O'Connor
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L McGee GLK18
2
-
C Norman DEF171
3
-
O Patrick FWD173
2
-
H Saunders FWD1711
1
-
C Jennings FWD1731
2
-
L O'Connor DEF16
4
-
J Turnbull DEF1611
3
-
T Davies DEF15
4
-
C Wood DEF131
1
-
R Hendry MID131
2
-
Z Bradshaw DEF121
3
-
J Davison FWD12
1
-
K Morris MID111
1
-
C Merrie MID11
-
K Dennis FWD101
-
L Norris FWD10
4
-
S Finley MID81
3
-
B Walker MID61
1
-
S Taylor FWD6
-
J Hawkes MID51
1
-
S Khan MID4
2
-
S Solomon FWD3
-
D Drysdale DEF2
1
-
J Williams MID1
-