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Doncaster Rvs. play host to Tranmere Rovers at Belle Vue Gound on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 21 of the 32 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Doncaster Rvs. was well over fifteen years ago, back in May 1989, when they played out a goalless draw in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1988/1989 | Sat 06 May | Doncaster Rvs. | 0-0 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1988/1989 | Fri 02 Dec | Tranmere Rvs. | 2 - 2 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 18 Feb | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 29 Oct | Tranmere Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1980/1981 | Fri 17 Apr | Tranmere Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 27 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD3 |
| 1979/1980 | Tue 02 Oct | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Rovers, with 3 goals against.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Rovers, and 2 goals against.
Doncaster Rvs. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 3 points from their 3 matches. Tranmere Rvs. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 6 from their 3 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Tranmere Rvs. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Doncaster Rvs. are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Tranmere Rvs. will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Tranmere Rvs. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |