FootyMAD's Watford match preview

History of the Watford v Doncaster Rovers fixture

Doncaster Rvs. face a trip to Watford at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them being consigned to defeat by opponents in 4 of the 7 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 04 Apr	Doncaster Rvs.	1 - 2	Watford	CHMP
2008/2009	Sat 29 Nov	Watford	1 - 1	Doncaster Rvs.	CHMP
1977/1978	Sat 28 Jan	Watford	6 - 0	Doncaster Rvs.	LGE2
1977/1978	Sat 03 Sep	Doncaster Rvs.	0 - 1	Watford	LGE2
1976/1977	Sat 23 Apr	Doncaster Rvs.	1 - 0	Watford	LGE2
1976/1977	Tue 29 Mar	Watford	5 - 1	Doncaster Rvs.	LGE2
1975/1976	Sat 17 Jan	Doncaster Rvs.	1 - 2	Watford	LGE2

Recent respective form guides

Watford 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, 10 to 8.

Doncaster Rvs. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Watford	6	2	2	2	9	9	8
Doncaster Rvs.	6	3	0	3	9	6	9

FootyMad's prediction ...

Doncaster Rvs. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Watford	Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Doncaster Rvs.	12 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 19 outings ago.