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With big Leo, who got two goals at Ashton Gate likely to be on the bench for this one all eyes will be on Paul heffernen who made the journey from Bristol City to Belle Vue during the summer for £125,000. Paul wasn't the only one to leave Ashton Gate in the summer, with Leory Lita the big mover. They have been replaced by some well known names in Micheal Bridges and Marcus Stewart, but it remaims to be seen how they will fair in the rough and tumble of League one.
Having said that, Bristol City will once again start out as one of the favourites to make an impact this season. With that in mind, I think it would be hard to pick a tougher game to start the season and a draw would be a good start to the campaign.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Bristol City | 2 - 2 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 07 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 07 May | Bristol City | 1 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 07 Feb | Bristol City | 5 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 17 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 07 Jan | Bristol City | 4 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
Doncaster Rvs. have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 12 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Doncaster Rvs. on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Rovers. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |