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Tranmere Rovers v Doncaster Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

the Liverpool’s Academy Ground plays host on Friday afternoon, as Nigel Adkins's Tranmere Rovers host Grant McCann's Doncaster Rovers in the League Two. All of the important stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across seventeen major markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all designed to help you make a smart bet.

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Tranmere Rovers's next match is v Barrow at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
Doncaster Rovers's next match is v Colchester at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
The last English League Two meeting between Tranmere and Doncaster was on Friday 18th April 2025
English League Two
April 18th 2025
Tranmere 0
3 Doncaster
 
23' L. Molyneux
51' L. Molyneux
77' L. Molyneux
 
TRA
DON
Shots On
3
6
Shots Off
5
5
Corners
2
5
Possession
60%
40%
Fouls
12
13
Yellow/red cards
1/0
3/0
 
TranmereDoncaster
 
L. McGee
L. O'Connor (S. Taylor 78')
J. Turnbull
C. Wood
C. Norman
K. Morris (C. Merrie 46')
R. Hendry (J. Garrett 83')
J. Hawkes (J. Davison 46')
S. Finley (C. Jennings 78')
K. Dennis
O. Patrick
T. Sharman-Lowe
T. Anderson
J. Senior
(T. Nixon 87') J. Sterry
O. Bailey
(P. Kelly 69') H. Clifton
(E. Ennis 69') J. Gibson
G. Broadbent
(Z. Westbrooke 69') C. Crew
R. Street
(J. Sbarra 87') football iconfootball iconfootball iconL. Molyneux

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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Tranmere are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 36% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.50.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Tranmere
35%
23/10
6%
-
Draw
27%
12/5-
Doncaster
38%
11/10
5%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Doncaster 1-0
11%
7/1-
Tranmere 1-0
10%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
9%
10/1-
Doncaster 2-1
8%
8/1-
Tranmere 2-1
8%
11/1-
Doncaster 2-0
7%
9/1-
Tranmere 2-0
6%
16/1
11%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
13%
-
Doncaster 3-1
3%
16/1-
Tranmere 3-1
3%
25/1
10%
-
Doncaster 3-0
3%
18/1-
Tranmere 3-0
2%
33/1
17%
-
Doncaster 3-2
2%
25/1-
Tranmere 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
19/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
17/20-
Home 1st Goal
47%
7/5
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
4/6
3%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
50%
8/11-
BTTS - No
50%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/2
7%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
10/3
8%
-
Home/draw
62%
7/10
6%
-
Away/draw
65%
1/3
3%
-
Home/away
73%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
2/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
5/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
12/5
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
3/10
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/20-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/1-
Home DNB
54%
11/8
5%
-
Away DNB
57%
8/15
2%
-
Tranmere win to nil
20%
5/1
8%
-
Doncaster win to nil
21%
11/4
7%
-
Tranmere / Tranmere
15%
9/2
8%
-
Tranmere / Doncaster
4%
22/1-
Tranmere / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Tranmere
11%
13/2-
Draw / Doncaster
15%
9/2
10%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Doncaster / Tranmere
3%
28/1-
Doncaster / Doncaster
24%
5/2
3%
-
Doncaster / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

36 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 12 and won 8. Tranmere have conceded 52 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 14 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 21 games at home, winning 7, drawing 9 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Doncaster lay in 4th place on 72 points in the League Two league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 37 games against teams below them in the table, winning 18, drawing 11 and losing 8 games. They have scored 55 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Doncaster have conceded 39 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Doncaster have played 21 away games, winning 10, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Tranmere
Doncaster
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Port Vale43211391876 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
w
 
2-3F
2
Doncaster Away432112101875 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
-
-
3
Bradford432111111974 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
Apr 26
w
 
1-2F
4
Walsall432013102173 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
5
AFC Wim431913112370 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
6
Notts C431912121969 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
May 3
7
Colchester43161891166 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
Apr 21
d
 
1-1F
8
Grimsby4320617-566 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-3F
9
Chesterfield431712141563 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
5-2A
10
Salford43161413562 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
11
Crewe43151711562 
Apr 26
l
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
12
Swindon43151513960 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
13
Bromley43151414159 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
14
Fleetwood43141514157 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
w
 
2-4F
15
Barrow43151117256 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 21
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
16
Cheltenham43141217-954 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-2F
17
Gillingham43121516-751 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
18
Newport4313921-1948 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
19
MK Dons4313822-1547 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
20
Harrogate43121120-1947 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
21
Accrington43111319-1646 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
3-3A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
22
Tranmere Home43101419-2544 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-3F
23
Carlisle43101023-2640 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
24
Morecambe4310627-2636 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Tranmere 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere4 - 0Chesterfield
Tranmere2 - 0Cheltenham
Tranmere2 - 1Bromley
Tranmere1 - 1Port Vale
Tranmere0 - 1Accrington
Tranmere1 - 1MK Dons
Tranmere0 - 0Fleetwood
Tranmere1 - 3Colchester
Tranmere1 - 1Gillingham
Tranmere1 - 0Carlisle
Tranmere1 - 1Barrow
Tranmere2 - 1Harrogate
Tranmere2 - 2Morecambe
Tranmere0 - 2AFC Wim
Tranmere2 - 1Newport
Tranmere0 - 1Grimsby
Tranmere0 - 2Bradford
Tranmere1 - 1Swindon
Tranmere0 - 0Salford
Tranmere1 - 0Walsall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere3 - 3Accrington
HTranmere4 - 0Chesterfield
ATranmere2 - 3Harrogate
HTranmere2 - 0Cheltenham
ATranmere0 - 0Fleetwood
ATranmere1 - 0Bradford
HTranmere2 - 1Bromley
ATranmere1 - 1Grimsby
HTranmere1 - 1Port Vale
HTranmere0 - 1Accrington
ATranmere1 - 2Notts C
HTranmere1 - 1MK Dons
HTranmere0 - 0Fleetwood
ATranmere0 - 2Salford
HTranmere1 - 3Colchester
ATranmere1 - 3Swindon
HTranmere1 - 1Gillingham
ATranmere0 - 2AFC Wim
ATranmere1 - 5Walsall
HTranmere1 - 0Carlisle
Doncaster 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salford1 - 1Doncaster
Cheltenham0 - 2Doncaster
Crewe1 - 1Doncaster
Bromley1 - 0Doncaster
Accrington1 - 2Doncaster
Morecambe0 - 1Doncaster
Chesterfield5 - 2Doncaster
Barrow1 - 3Doncaster
Gillingham0 - 1Doncaster
Colchester1 - 1Doncaster
Walsall2 - 0Doncaster
AFC Wim1 - 0Doncaster
Fleetwood2 - 4Doncaster
Carlisle0 - 0Doncaster
Bradford1 - 2Doncaster
Swindon1 - 2Doncaster
Grimsby0 - 3Doncaster
MK Dons1 - 1Doncaster
Harrogate2 - 0Doncaster
Port Vale2 - 3Doncaster
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADoncaster1 - 1Salford
HDoncaster1 - 1AFC Wim
ADoncaster2 - 0Cheltenham
HDoncaster2 - 2Walsall
HDoncaster3 - 0Carlisle
ADoncaster1 - 1Crewe
HDoncaster2 - 2Swindon
ADoncaster0 - 1Bromley
HDoncaster3 - 0Newport
ADoncaster2 - 1Accrington
ADoncaster1 - 0Morecambe
HDoncaster1 - 2Grimsby
ADoncaster2 - 5Chesterfield
HDoncaster2 - 1MK Dons
ADoncaster3 - 1Barrow
HDoncaster1 - 0Harrogate
ADoncaster1 - 0Gillingham
HDoncaster1 - 2Port Vale
HDoncaster2 - 1Fleetwood
ADoncaster1 - 1Colchester
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Doncaster have beaten Tranmere in 4 consecutive league meetings
League games at Tranmere since 2005
Tranmere
Doncaster
Goals: Scored
8
14
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
TRA
2
DON
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
1 - 2Doncaster
Tranmere3 - 0
0 - 3Doncaster
1 - 2Doncaster
0 - 1Doncaster
Tranmere1 - 0
0 - 2Doncaster
2 - 4Doncaster
League games at Doncaster since 2004
Doncaster
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
4 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
4 / 8
TRA
1
D
3
DON
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Doncaster
Doncaster3 - 1
Doncaster2 - 1
Doncaster2 - 0
Doncaster1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Tranmere
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Tranmere 22nd Doncaster 2nd
Kickoff prediction
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1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Tranmere will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Doncaster will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-10
Tranmere’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+3
Doncaster’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Doncaster
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
TRA
DON
34%
better
view stats
Games scored26
35
Failed to score16
7
Scored first13
25
Goals scored39
63
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for11
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
TRA
DON
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded32
31
Clean sheets10
11
Conceded first24
16
Goals conceded61
48
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against16%
19%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+9%

Tranmere v Doncaster League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
417412
L McGeeO PatrickJ HawkesT Davies
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L McGee GLK41
4
-
L O'Connor DEF371
8
-
J Turnbull DEF3911
10
-
C Wood DEF291
5
1
C Norman MID3832
5
1
S Finley MID3021
10
1
R Hendry MID2233
3
-
O Patrick MID4172
4
-
J Hawkes FWD1824
1
-
K Morris FWD2412
1
-
K Dennis FWD3261
2
-
Subs
J Murphy GLK
1
-
T Davies DEF30
10
2
J Garrett MID9
2
-
C Merrie MID271
1
-
J Davison FWD2821
3
-
C Jennings FWD3943
3
-
S Taylor FWD8
-
Doncaster League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
42131110
T Sharman-LoweL MolyneuxL MolyneuxO Bailey
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Sharman-Lowe GLK42
4
-
J Sterry DEF3734
7
-
T Anderson DEF251
2
1
J Senior DEF191
2
1
C. Crew DEF9
2
-
O Bailey MID4255
10
-
G Broadbent MID3414
5
-
L Molyneux MID411311
7
1
H Clifton MID3751
8
1
J Gibson MID3857
2
2
R Street FWD188
3
-
Subs
I Lawlor GLK
-
J Maxwell DEF211
4
-
T Nixon DEF7
-
P Kelly MID281
2
1
Z Westbrooke MID3
-
J Sbarra MID2312
1
-
E. Ennis FWD111
-