FM Preview: Doncaster Rovers v Leicester City 17 Dec 2011

Last updated : 16 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Doncaster Rovers v Leicester City fixture

Leicester City face a trip to Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 14 games played, Foxes have recorded 3 wins, and Doncaster Rovers have come away with 4 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2011, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 30 Apr Doncaster Rvs. 1-1 Leicester City Championship
2010/2011 Sat 11 Dec Leicester City 5 - 1 Doncaster Rvs. Championship
2009/2010 Tue 23 Feb Doncaster Rvs. 0 - 1 Leicester City Championship
2009/2010 Tue 09 Feb Leicester City 0 - 0 Doncaster Rvs. Championship
1956/1957 Sat 15 Dec Doncaster Rvs. 0 - 2 Leicester City Second Division
1956/1957 Sat 18 Aug Leicester City 3 - 1 Doncaster Rvs. Second Division
1955/1956 Sat 28 Apr Leicester City 3 - 0 Doncaster Rvs. Second Division

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Recent respective form guides

Doncaster Rovers have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Rovers have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Foxes's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Doncaster Rovers are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 16 points from their 21 games thus far.

Leicester City's 30 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Doncaster Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 9 7
Leicester City 6 2 2 2 8 5 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing appears to be going right for the Foxes 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 Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Leicester City Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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