FM Preview: Doncaster Rovers v Derby County 17 Mar 2012

Last updated : 16 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Doncaster Rovers v Derby County fixture

Derby County face a trip to Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 5 of the 10 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Keepmoat Stadium was just last season, in October 2010, with Derby County inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Rovers in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 20 Aug Derby County 3 - 0 Doncaster Rvs. Championship
2010/2011 Tue 01 Mar Derby County 1 - 3 Doncaster Rvs. Championship
2010/2011 Tue 19 Oct Doncaster Rvs. 2 - 3 Derby County Championship
2009/2010 Sat 13 Mar Doncaster Rvs. 2 - 1 Derby County Championship
2009/2010 Sat 23 Jan Derby County 1 - 0 Doncaster Rvs. F.A. Cup
2009/2010 Sat 19 Dec Derby County 0 - 2 Doncaster Rvs. Championship
2008/2009 Fri 27 Feb Doncaster Rvs. 2 - 1 Derby County Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Doncaster Rovers will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Rovers have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

Derby County's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Rams have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Doncaster Rovers are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 31 points from their 35 games thus far.

Derby County see themselves just below half way in the npower Championship, showing a record of 49 points from their 36 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Doncaster Rovers 6 1 4 1 8 8 7
Derby County 6 2 1 3 6 10 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing appears to be going right for the Rams out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Doncaster Rovers. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Doncaster Rovers Drawn last 3 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Derby County Not won in previous 5 away matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.

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