Doncaster Rovers vs Stevenage - prediction, team news, lineups

15th-placed Doncaster Rovers invited playoff hopefuls Stevenage to the Eco-Power Stadium connected Saturday day successful a League One clash that could spot the visitors unafraid their spot successful the apical six.

Grant McCann’s broadside were beaten 2-0 by Lincoln City successful midweek, a effect that confirmed the Imps arsenic champions, portion Stevenage boosted their playoff hopes with a 1-0 triumph implicit Barnsley to determination 3 points wide of seventh spot with 2 games remaining.

Match preview

Following their League Two rubric triumph past season, Doncaster Rovers’ superior nonsubjective for this run was to unafraid their League One status, a people they achieved past play with a convincing 3-1 triumph implicit Northampton Town.

McCann’s broadside were incapable to physique connected that result, however, falling to decision against Lincoln City successful their archetypal outing aft confirming survival, with a Ben House brace condemning them to a 2-0 nonaccomplishment connected location soil.

Despite that setback, Rovers’ signifier starring into the fixture had been beardown and played a cardinal relation successful preserving their 3rd tier presumption with games to spare, having recorded 3 wins from their erstwhile 5 matches to determination 8 points wide of the relegation zone.

If the South Yorkshire broadside privation to physique connected their performances adjacent play past their attacking portion volition beryllium an country they anticipation tin improve.

Their 46 goals scored is among the lowest successful League One with conscionable 3 sides scoring less and meaning a precocious fig of their wins person travel successful choky and cagey affairs. 

As for Stevenage, they presently participate their 45th league lucifer of the play successful sixth spot with hopes of ending the run successful the playoff places having already earned 14 much points than their 2024-25 total. 

Recent form has seen Alex Revell's broadside suffer conscionable erstwhile successful their past 7 outings, though that was a humbling 5-1 decision to chap playoff rivals Bolton Wanderers, and earned 4 wins during that clip that has seen them consistently inhabit sixth place. 

Like their hosts, goals person been comparatively hard to travel by, with Stevenage’s instrumentality of 47 goals 1 of the lowest successful the part and the lowest full among the existent apical 12.

However, their antiaircraft grounds has been a large strength, with conscionable 45 goals conceded giving them the third-best backline successful League One, a level that has been cardinal successful their propulsion for a playoff place.

Revell’s men volition beryllium aiming to grounds a 5th cleanable expanse of the period this weekend, and if they tin harvester that with different victory, they could caput into the last crippled of the play with their playoff spot already secured.

Unsurprisingly, the brace played retired a goalless gully erstwhile they met backmost successful November, caller goalscoring and antiaircraft signifier could suggest much of the aforesaid here.

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Team News

Doncaster Rovers were capable to travel distant from their latest clash with nary further injuries and person the luxury of naming the aforesaid XI erstwhile again. 

Neill Byrne has precocious returned to the matchday squad pursuing his wounded and could marque his archetypal commencement since sustaining a hamstring contented that has kept him connected the sidelines. 

Despite their struggles successful beforehand of goal, McCann is expected to persist with the attacking trio of Brandon Hanlan, Elliot Lee and Hakeeb Adelakun.

As for Stevenage, they besides came distant from their midweek brushwood with nary further wounded concerns but bash stay without respective first-team players. 

Luther James-Wildin and Lewis Freestone volition proceed to beryllium unavailable astatine the backmost truthful expect the aforesaid backmost 3 of Charlie Goode, Carl Piergianni and Saxon Earley to commencement unneurotic again. 

Dan Kemp, who has scored 3 goals successful his past 4 appearances, should proceed successful attack, portion Jamie Reid volition look to amended connected a tally of conscionable 1 extremity successful his past 7 matches.

Doncaster Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Lo-Tutala; Sterry, Grehan, Pearson, Senior; Bailey, Gotts, Clifton; Hanlan, Lee, Adelakun

Stevenage imaginable starting lineup:

Marschall; Goode, Piergianni, Earley; Pattenden, Thompson, White, J. Roberts; Kemp; Phillips, Reid

We say: Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Stevenage

These 2 sides are among the lowest scorers successful the part and we expect that to amusement erstwhile they conscionable this Saturday.

With that successful mind, we expect the visiting broadside to borderline their mode past the hosts and assertion a constrictive 1-0 win.

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