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Doncaster Rovers v Cardiff City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 28th Feb, 15:00 BST, The Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Cardiff City, led by manager Brian Barry-Murphy, visit Grant McCann and his Doncaster Rovers side at The Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the League One. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other betting markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Doncaster 32%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Cardiff 43%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 9%	-	-
Doncaster 2-1 8%	-	-
Doncaster 1-0 7%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	-	-
Doncaster 2-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 5%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 4%	-	-
Doncaster 3-1 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Doncaster 3-2 3%	-	-
Doncaster 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	-	-
BTTS - No 42%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 22%	-	-
Home/draw 57%	-	-
Away/draw 68%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Home DNB 49%	-	-
Away DNB 60%	-	-
Doncaster win to nil 15%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 21%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Doncaster have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 6. Doncaster have conceded 42 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Doncaster have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 1st place on 66 points in the League One league table having played 31 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored 58 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 30 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 15 away games, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Doncaster Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	31	20	6	5	28	66	Feb 28	l 4-3F	-	-
2	Lincoln	31	18	8	5	22	62	Mar 28	l 2-1A	Mar 7	l 2-1A
3	Bolton	32	15	11	6	12	56	d 1-1F	Mar 17	Apr 11	l 1-0A
4	Stockport	30	15	8	7	7	53	l 0-2A	l 4-2F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
5	Bradford	30	15	7	8	6	52	w 3-1F	l 1-0A	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
6	Huddersfield	32	14	7	11	10	49	Feb 17	l 2-0A	w 3-2F	Mar 28
7	Reading	31	12	10	9	5	46	Apr 11	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 18
8	Luton	31	13	6	12	3	45	Feb 24	l 1-0A	w 3-1F	w 0-1F
9	Stevenage	30	12	9	9	2	45	Apr 25	d 0-00-0	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
10	Peterborough	32	14	2	16	2	44	w 2-1F	May 2	w 2-1A	Apr 6
11	Wycombe	31	11	10	10	8	43	d 1-1F	l 4-0A	Mar 17	d 1-1F
12	Plymouth	31	12	4	15	-5	40	l 1-5F	Mar 7	w 4-0F	Feb 21
13	Mansfield	29	10	9	10	5	39	Apr 3	w 1-2A	w 3-0F	May 2
14	Exeter	30	11	6	13	3	39	w 1-0F	Apr 6	w 1-0F	Mar 14
15	AFC Wim	30	11	6	13	-6	39	l 1-2F	w 0-1F	Feb 17	w 0-1F
16	Barnsley	28	10	8	10	-2	38	l 1-2A	Mar 21	w 4-0F	-
17	Northampton	31	9	7	15	-10	34	l 1-2F	Apr 18	Apr 25	w 1-3F
18	L Orient	30	9	6	15	-9	33	w 3-0F	l 4-0A	w 4-3F	d 1-1A
19	Blackpool	31	9	6	16	-11	33	Mar 14	l 1-0A	Mar 21	l 3-1A
20	Doncaster	30	9	6	15	-17	33	-	-	w 4-3A	Feb 28
21	Burton	30	8	8	14	-12	32	d 1-1F	w 1-2F	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
22	Wigan	30	7	10	13	-11	31	d 3-3F	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
23	Rotherham	29	8	7	14	-12	31	w 1-0F	Feb 21	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
24	Port Vale	28	5	7	16	-18	22	-	w 0-1F	Apr 3	d 0-00-0

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Doncaster	3 - 0	L Orient
Doncaster	3 - 3	Wigan
Doncaster	1 - 1	Bolton
Doncaster	1 - 5	Plymouth
Doncaster	0 - 2	Stockport
Doncaster	2 - 1	Peterborough
Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
Doncaster	1 - 2	Northampton
Doncaster	1 - 1	Burton
Doncaster	1 - 2	AFC Wim
Doncaster	3 - 1	Bradford
Doncaster	1 - 0	Rotherham
Doncaster	1 - 1	Wycombe
Doncaster	1 - 0	Exeter
Doncaster	2 - 1	Bradford
Doncaster	3 - 0	Colchester
Doncaster	1 - 1	AFC Wim
Doncaster	2 - 2	Walsall
Doncaster	3 - 0	Carlisle
Doncaster	2 - 2	Swindon

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Doncaster	0 - 4	Wycombe
A	Doncaster	2 - 1	Burton
A	Doncaster	0 - 1	Bradford
H	Doncaster	3 - 0	L Orient
H	Doncaster	3 - 3	Wigan
A	Doncaster	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Doncaster	1 - 1	Bolton
A	Doncaster	2 - 4	Stockport
A	Doncaster	0 - 1	Blackpool
H	Doncaster	1 - 5	Plymouth
A	Doncaster	3 - 4	Cardiff
H	Doncaster	0 - 2	Stockport
H	Doncaster	2 - 1	Peterborough
A	Doncaster	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Doncaster	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
A	Doncaster	1 - 1	Reading
H	Doncaster	1 - 2	Northampton
A	Doncaster	0 - 4	L Orient
H	Doncaster	1 - 1	Burton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham	0 - 3	Cardiff
Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
Bradford	1 - 2	Cardiff
L Orient	1 - 1	Cardiff
Wycombe	1 - 1	Cardiff
Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
Stevenage	0 - 1	Cardiff
Northampton	1 - 3	Cardiff
Blackpool	3 - 1	Cardiff
Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
Wigan	0 - 2	Cardiff
Stockport	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	0 - 1	Cardiff
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Cardiff
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cardiff
Norwich	4 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
QPR	0 - 0	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	3 - 1	Luton
A	Cardiff	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Burton
H	Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	L Orient
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Cardiff	4 - 3	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	3 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Mansfield
A	Cardiff	3 - 1	Northampton
A	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackpool
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Bolton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cardiff have not lost to Doncaster in 6 consecutive league meetings

Doncaster

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

1 / 4

DON

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Doncaster
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 3	Cardiff
Doncaster	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Cardiff

Doncaster

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

2 / 5

Clean sheets

3 / 5

0 / 5

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff		4 - 3
Cardiff		2 - 0
Cardiff		4 - 0
Cardiff		2 - 1
Cardiff		3 - 0

Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 18 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Doncaster 20th	Cardiff 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Doncaster will score no more than 1 goal	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 8% There is a 79% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+8 Doncaster’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+10 Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

DON

CAR

27%

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Games scored	21		28
Failed to score	9		3
Scored first	18		17
Goals scored	33		58
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.9
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	13		18
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.7
KickOff rating		+27%

DON

CAR

26%

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Games conceded	24		19
Clean sheets	6		12
Conceded first	11		13
Goals conceded	50		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	20%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+26%

Doncaster v Cardiff League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Doncaster League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	11	7	7
O Bailey	O Bailey	L Molyneux	G Broadbent

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O Bailey MID	30	11	2	5 -
P McCarthy FWD	30	3	1	5 -
L Molyneux FWD	29	6	7	4 -
J Gibson MID	28	3	2	-
G Broadbent MID	27		2	7 -
G Middleton FWD	24	1	1	3 -
J McGrath DEF	23	1	1	4 -
H Clifton MID	23	2		2 -
R Gotts MID	22		1	4 -
J Senior DEF	21			5 -
B Hanlan FWD	21	3		3 -
T Lo-Tutala GLK	20			2 -
C O'Riordan DEF	19			3 -
J Maxwell DEF	19		2	2 -
M Pearson DEF	18	1		-
J Sterry DEF	16		1	1 -
B Close MID	13	1		1 -
S Grehan DEF	12			-
T Nixon DEF	12			1 -
C. Crew MID	7		1	1 -
T Olusanya FWD	7			-
I Lawlor GLK	6			-
J Sbarra MID	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	20	7	14
O Bailey	O Bailey	L Molyneux	L Molyneux

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Bailey MID	11	20	2	7
L Molyneux FWD	6	20	7	14
P McCarthy FWD	3	12	1	1
J Gibson MID	3	10	2	5
B Hanlan FWD	3	8		2
H Clifton MID	2	7		3
G Middleton FWD	1	7	1	5
J McGrath DEF	1	5	1	1
M Pearson DEF	1	2
B Close MID	1	2		4
G Broadbent MID		3	2	2
R Gotts MID		2	1
J Senior DEF		2		2
C O'Riordan DEF		1
J Maxwell DEF			2	3
J Sterry DEF		1	1	1
S Grehan DEF		2
T Nixon DEF		2		3
C. Crew MID			1	1
T Olusanya FWD		1
J Sbarra MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1034	51	211
O Bailey	J Maxwell	O Bailey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Bailey MID	1034	44	211
J McGrath DEF	878	26	124
C O'Riordan DEF	840	29	99
G Broadbent MID	823	38	72
T Lo-Tutala GLK	676	1	7
L Molyneux FWD	648	26	129
M Pearson DEF	617	18	106
J Maxwell DEF	609	51	118
J Sterry DEF	494	31	73
R Gotts MID	428	30	74
H Clifton MID	425	26	88
J Senior DEF	417	27	76
J Gibson MID	358	23	77
B Close MID	358	13	29
T Nixon DEF	310	28	59
S Grehan DEF	304	16	39
P McCarthy FWD	284	9	76
G Middleton FWD	264	9	34
I Lawlor GLK	176		2
C. Crew MID	169	13	21
B Hanlan FWD	129	5	59
J Sbarra MID	49	1	2
T Olusanya FWD	33	1	8

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	12	8	7
J Bagan	Y Salech	O Tanner	J Bagan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bagan DEF	30	1	3	7 -
N Trott GLK	28			2 -
R Wintle MID	28	1	4	3 1
C Robinson FWD	28	5		1 -
C Willock FWD	28	7	5	3 -
D Turnbull MID	27	2	4	2 -
C. Ashford MID	27	3	2	-
Y Salech FWD	27	12	4	3 -
I Davies FWD	27	4	1	1 -
W Fish DEF	26	1		2 -
R. Kpakio DEF	26	1	6	4 -
J Colwill MID	26	3	1	5 -
P Ng DEF	24	4	1	2 -
O Kellyman MID	22	4	1	2 -
C Chambers DEF	21	2		4 -
D. Lawlor DEF	20	1	1	3 -
A Robertson MID	19	3	1	4 -
R Colwill MID	16	3	3	3 -
O Tanner FWD	14		8	3 -
G Osho DEF	11			1 -
M. Turner GLK	3			1 -
T. Nyakuhwa FWD	3			-
D. Mafico MID	1			1 -
E King MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	8	9
Y Salech	Y Salech	O Tanner	C Willock

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Salech FWD	12	28	4	7
C Willock FWD	7	12	5	9
C Robinson FWD	5	15		2
I Davies FWD	4	5	1	2
P Ng DEF	4	8	1	2
O Kellyman MID	4	11	1	2
C. Ashford MID	3	11	2	5
J Colwill MID	3	5	1
A Robertson MID	3	9	1	2
R Colwill MID	3	16	3	6
D Turnbull MID	2	10	4	3
C Chambers DEF	2	8		1
J Bagan DEF	1	3	3	8
R Wintle MID	1	7	4	5
W Fish DEF	1	1		4
R. Kpakio DEF	1	4	6	3
D. Lawlor DEF	1	2	1	2
O Tanner FWD		3	8	8
G Osho DEF		1
T. Nyakuhwa FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1612	47	162
J Bagan	J Bagan	Y Salech

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Bagan DEF	1612	47	118
R Wintle MID	1588	25	82
W Fish DEF	1277	17	85
D. Lawlor DEF	1140	14	64
P Ng DEF	1110	44	123
C Chambers DEF	1093	20	75
N Trott GLK	975		9
D Turnbull MID	967	26	49
A Robertson MID	802	24	86
R. Kpakio DEF	744	33	80
C Willock FWD	698	27	81
R Colwill MID	604	19	74
J Colwill MID	503	30	102
C. Ashford MID	492	21	81
G Osho DEF	414	17	54
Y Salech FWD	346	8	162
O Kellyman MID	317	24	97
O Tanner FWD	294	16	42
C Robinson FWD	239	7	28
I Davies FWD	173	16	48
M. Turner GLK	92
T. Nyakuhwa FWD	28	4	7
D. Mafico MID	20		1
E King MID			1