Hull City travel to take on Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue Gound on Saturday morning, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Tigers have won 5 of the 18 games compared to the host's 9 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Doncaster was back in April 1998, over five years ago, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Three match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
1997/1998 | Sat 04 Apr | Doncaster | 1 - 0 | Hull City | LD3 |
1997/1998 | Sat 29 Nov | Hull City | 3 - 0 | Doncaster | LD3 |
1996/1997 | Sat 08 Mar | Doncaster | 0 - 0 | Hull City | LD3 |
1996/1997 | Sat 21 Dec | Hull City | 3 - 1 | Doncaster | LD3 |
1984/1985 | Sat 16 Mar | Doncaster | 1 - 2 | Hull City | DIV3 |
1984/1985 | Sat 13 Oct | Hull City | 3 - 2 | Doncaster | DIV3 |
1958/1959 | Thu 23 Apr | Doncaster | 0 - 2 | Hull City | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Hull City is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Tigers have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Doncaster's total of 8 points from their 5 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division Three. Hull City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 10 points from 5 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Doncaster | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
Hull City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rovers, as the Tigers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Doncaster | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
Hull City | 15 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |