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Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 26th Aug, 16:00 BST, Wham Stadium, Accrington

John Doolan welcomes Grant McCann to the Wham Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, as their Accrington Stanley and Doncaster Rovers sides clash in the League Cup. We've got bespoke stats for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our top tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Accrington and Doncaster's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 56% chance of Doncaster coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Accrington 22%	15/4	18/5
Draw 23%	11/4	29/10
Doncaster 56%	7/10	7/10
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	6/1
Doncaster 1-0 10%	7/1	6/1
Doncaster 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Doncaster 2-0 9%	15/2	7/1
Doncaster 3-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Doncaster 3-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Accrington 1-0 6%	14/1	10/1
Accrington 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 5%	11/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Doncaster 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Accrington 2-0 3%	25/1	18/1
Doncaster 4-1 3%	25/1	18/1
Doncaster 4-0 3%	25/1	18/1
Accrington 3-1 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	1/1	1/1
Home 1st Goal 42%	8/5	17/10
Away 1st Goal 55%	4/7	11/20
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 55%	3/4	3/4
BTTS - No 45%	1/1	19/20
BTTS - Home Win 11%	15/2	13/2
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 27%	5/2	23/10
Home/draw 44%	11/10	11/10
Away/draw 78%	2/11	1/5
Home/away 77%	1/4	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	2/9	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	3/1	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	7/4	15/8
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	9/2	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 37%	5/2	23/10
Away DNB 72%	2/7	2/7
Accrington win to nil 10%	8/1	-
Doncaster win to nil 29%	2/1	-
Accrington / Accrington 11%	7/1	6/1
Accrington / Doncaster 4%	20/1	16/1
Accrington / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Accrington 8%	9/1	8/1
Draw / Doncaster 17%	15/4	7/2
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Doncaster / Accrington 3%	33/1	28/1
Doncaster / Doncaster 31%	13/8	8/5
Doncaster / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Accrington	1 - 2	Salford
H	Accrington	2 - 1	Peterborough
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Crewe
H	Accrington	3 - 1	Oldham
H	Accrington	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Accrington	0 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Accrington	1 - 0	Walsall
H	Accrington	1 - 1	Carlisle
A	Accrington	2 - 1	Salford
H	Accrington	3 - 3	Tranmere
A	Accrington	0 - 4	Bromley
H	Accrington	1 - 4	Fleetwood
H	Accrington	0 - 0	Bradford
A	Accrington	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Accrington	1 - 1	Gillingham
H	Accrington	5 - 0	Newport
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Barrow
H	Accrington	2 - 0	MK Dons
A	Accrington	1 - 2	Harrogate
A	Accrington	1 - 0	Tranmere

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Doncaster	0 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Doncaster	1 - 1	Wycombe
A	Doncaster	4 - 0	M'Boro
A	Doncaster	2 - 1	Mansfield
H	Doncaster	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Doncaster	2 - 1	Notts C
H	Doncaster	2 - 1	Bradford
H	Doncaster	3 - 0	Colchester
A	Doncaster	3 - 0	Tranmere
A	Doncaster	1 - 1	Salford
H	Doncaster	1 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Doncaster	2 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Doncaster	2 - 2	Walsall
H	Doncaster	3 - 0	Carlisle
A	Doncaster	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Doncaster	2 - 2	Swindon
A	Doncaster	0 - 1	Bromley
H	Doncaster	3 - 0	Newport
A	Doncaster	2 - 1	Accrington
A	Doncaster	1 - 0	Morecambe

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Accrington Stanley of late. It has been 6 League Cup matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Tuesday afternoon against Doncaster Rovers.

	Accrington	Doncaster
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Accrington will score no more than 1 goal	0 16% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 84% probability that Doncaster will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away games
20 home / away games	1.4 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season

ASY

DON

28%

better

view stats

Games scored	14		17
Failed to score	6		1
Scored first	11		14
Goals scored	25		35
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.8
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	18		19
Avg. XG for	1		1.8
KickOff rating		+28%

ASY

DON

36%

better

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Games conceded	14		10
Clean sheets	6		8
Conceded first	7		4
Goals conceded	26		12
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		10
Conversion rate against	18%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.2		0.9
KickOff rating		+36%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Accrington v Doncaster will show here when available.

Accrington League Cup squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	1
F Rawson	K Mooney	F Rawson	D Love

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Rawson DEF	1		1	-
D Matthews DEF	1			-
D Love DEF	1			1 -
T Walton MID	1			-
A. Henderson MID	1			-
L Coyle MID	1			-
K Mooney FWD	1	1	1	-
C Caton FWD	1			-
J Woods FWD	1	1		-
A. Popoola FWD	1	1		-
C Brown FWD	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
K Mooney	J Woods	F Rawson	F Rawson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Mooney FWD	1	1	1	1
J Woods FWD	1	2
A. Popoola FWD	1	1
F Rawson DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
39	4	11
D Matthews	A. Henderson	J Woods

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Matthews DEF	39	1	7
A. Henderson MID	27	4	10
C Brown FWD	26	2	6
J Woods FWD	25	3	11
F Rawson DEF	23	2	10
K Mooney FWD	10	1	4
D Love DEF	8
C Caton FWD	8		2
A. Popoola FWD	6		3
L Coyle MID	5
T Walton MID	4	1	1

Doncaster League Cup squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	1
I Lawlor	T Nixon	P McCarthy	S Grehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
I Lawlor GLK	1			-
S Grehan DEF	1			1 -
C O'Riordan DEF	1			-
J Senior DEF	1			-
J McGrath DEF	1			1 -
T Nixon DEF	1	1		-
J Sbarra MID	1			-
J Gibson MID	1			-
O Bailey MID	1			-
R Gotts MID	1	1		-
G Middleton FWD	1			-
J Ironside FWD	1			-
P McCarthy FWD	1		1	-
L Molyneux FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
T Nixon	T Nixon	P McCarthy	O Bailey

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Nixon DEF	1	1
R Gotts MID	1	1
O Bailey MID				1
J Ironside FWD		1
P McCarthy FWD			1	1
L Molyneux FWD			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
35	3	6
J McGrath	T Nixon	J Ironside

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J McGrath DEF	35		2
I Lawlor GLK	34
T Nixon DEF	32	3	5
S Grehan DEF	32	2	3
J Senior DEF	30	1	5
R Gotts MID	27		2
J Sbarra MID	20	1	1
J Gibson MID	16		3
O Bailey MID	12		1
P McCarthy FWD	12		4
G Middleton FWD	10		1
L Molyneux FWD	8
C O'Riordan DEF	6	1	1
J Ironside FWD	5		6