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Saturday 18 October 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee John Busby

Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Doncaster Rovers's last 6 home games and Northampton Town's last 5 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 11, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 11, with 9.6 corners per match (league 10.0) and 2.7 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Doncaster Rovers' 12 League One games and Northampton Town's 11 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town, full match

59%

Possession

41%

1.18

Expected goals (xG)

2.76

10

Shots

13

4

Shots on target

5

2

Corners

7

11

Fouls

7

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

36'

Goal

Ben Close DON

47'

Goal

Ethan Wheatley NOR

56'

Yellow card

Glenn Middleton DON

67'

Penalty

Sam Hoskins NOR

81'

Yellow card

Tyrese Fornah NOR

86'

Penalty missed

Sam Hoskins NOR

At a glance

Doncaster Rovers

14th in the table

L

D

L

Northampton Town

24th in the table

L

D

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Doncaster Rovers's home games and Northampton Town's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Doncaster Rovers's last 6 home games and Northampton Town's last 5 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

45%

5/11 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

64%

7/11 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

27%

3/11 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

18%

2/11 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

36%

4/11 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

27%

3/11 games · League 56%

Doncaster Rovers clean sheet

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Northampton Town clean sheet

40%

2/5 games · League 27%

Doncaster Rovers fail to score

0%

0/6 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

60%

3/5 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 2.6

Corners

9.6

League 10.0

Cards

2.7

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Doncaster Rovers

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

29

Thimothee Lo-Tutala

DEFENDERS

3

5

6

27

MIDFIELDERS

4

Owen Bailey

22

Robbie Gotts

33

Ben Close

FORWARDS

14

Billy Sharp

17

Glenn Middleton

19

Oyindamola Ajayi

SUBSTITUTES

1

12

23

7

11

18

30

Northampton Town

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

34

Ross Fitzsimons

DEFENDERS

3

Conor McCarthy

7

Sam Hoskins

12

Nesta Guinness-Walker

15

Jordan Thorniley

18

Michael Forbes

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dean Campbell

23

Terry Taylor

FORWARDS

11

Kamarai Swyer

14

Tyrese Fornah

19

Ethan Wheatley

SUBSTITUTES

1

20

6

16

17

21

22

Referee: John Busby

3 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

21.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.67

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

DON

NOR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

1.6

2.0

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

12/12

82%

9/11

91%

21/23

96%

Over 1.5

67%

8/12

55%

6/11

61%

14/23

73%

Over 2.5

42%

5/12

18%

2/11

30%

7/23

46%

Over 3.5

17%

2/12

9%

1/11

13%

3/23

23%

Over 4.5

0%

0/12

0%

0/11

0%

0/23

11%

Bet

DON

NOR

Match

League

Yes

42%

5/12

18%

2/11

30%

7/23

50%

Yes and win

17%

2/12

0%

0/11

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

25%

3/12

18%

2/11

22%

5/23

38%

Yes and draw

17%

2/12

0%

0/11

9%

2/23

17%

Yes and loss

8%

1/12

18%

2/11

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/12

0%

0/11

0%

0/23

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Bet

DON

NOR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.8

9.2

10.0

9.8

Over 7.5

92%

11/12

73%

8/11

83%

19/23

75%

Over 8.5

67%

8/12

55%

6/11

61%

14/23

63%

Over 9.5

42%

5/12

36%

4/11

39%

9/23

47%

Over 10.5

33%

4/12

27%

3/11

30%

7/23

37%

Over 11.5

33%

4/12

27%

3/11

30%

7/23

30%

Over 12.5

33%

4/12

9%

1/11

22%

5/23

22%

Referee John Busby: 4.3 cards and 21.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

DON

NOR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.1

4.0

3.5

3.9

Over 2.5

67%

8/12

73%

8/11

70%

16/23

77%

Over 3.5

33%

4/12

45%

5/11

39%

9/23

55%

Over 4.5

17%

2/12

36%

4/11

26%

6/23

32%

Over 5.5

8%

1/12

18%

2/11

13%

3/23

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Owen Bailey

12 starts · 0.4 per 90

25%

3/12

33%

4/12

8%

1/12

0%

0/12

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Doncaster Rovers

Last 5 games before this match

11 Oct

Leyton Orient

(A)

0-4

L

4 Oct

Burton Albion

(H)

1-1

D

27 Sep

Luton Town

(A)

0-1

L

20 Sep

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

1-2

L

13 Sep

Wigan Athletic

(A)

0-3

L

Northampton Town

Last 5 games before this match

11 Oct

Rotherham United

(H)

1-2

L

4 Oct

Port Vale

(A)

0-0

D

27 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

2-0

W

20 Sep

Wycombe Wanderers

(A)

0-2

L

13 Sep

Blackpool

(H)

1-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Doncaster Rovers and Northampton Town haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Doncaster Rovers

Northampton Town

Referee: John Busby

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Doncaster Rovers

Northampton Town

Head to head

League One table