Doncaster Rovers will be bidding to escape from the relegation zone this Saturday when they welcome Charlton Athletic to Eco-Power Stadium. Kickoffs at 18:00 EAT.
Doncaster Rovers sits in the 23rd place with 30 points on the leader board, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team’s campaign so far is made up of eight wins against 25 losses and six draws. The Rovers remain four points below safety and their chances of survival currently look remote as they are without a win in the last four league fixtures and are second from the bottom, also Donny have lost eight of their last nine games on home soil.
Rovers get into this meeting off the back off 0-0 League One stalemate versus Fleetwood Town in their last game. In that match, Doncaster had 45% possession and eight shots with four of them on target while Fleetwood town got 10 shots with three of them on target.
On the other end, Charlton Athletic is at the 15th spot on the standing with 46 points from 38 games. They won 13 times in the league while drawing on seven and losing on 18 occasions. After a tiring run of unfavorable games, they finally built some momentum since the last two fixtures. After a miserable run of six defeats and one draw between February 8 and March 12, Charlton have since claimed back-to-back home victories against Gillingham and Burton Albion without conceding.
Charlton Athletic will look to resume when they left in their last game with 2-0 League One victory over Burton Albion. In that match, Charlton had 46% possession, seven shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Conor Washington (12′) and Corey Blackett-Taylor (42′). Burton Albion got 15 shots with none of them on target.
Doncaster Rovers vs Charlton Athletic head to head
Charlton boasts a slight upper hand in the history of this fixture having won seven times out of the 14 direct encounters since 2008. Doncaster claims four wins while three draws have been recorded in that period.
- Charlton 4-0 Doncaster 30/10/21
- Doncaster 0-1 Charlton02/04/21
- Charlton 1-3 Doncaster 19/09/20
- Charlton 4-3 Doncaster 17/05/19
- Doncaster 1-2 Charlton 12/05/19
Home
- Fleetwood 0-0 Doncaster
- Doncaster 0-1 Gillingham
- Cheltenham 4-0 Doncaster
- Wimbledon 2-2 Doncaster
- Doncaster 2-0 Accrington
Away
- Charlton 2-0 Burton
- Charlton 1-0 Gillingham
- Accrington 2-1 Charlton
- Charlton 0-0 Sunderland
- Sheffield Wed 2-0 Charlton
Doncaster Rovers team news
Fejiri Okenabirhie , John Bostock , Cameron John (Back Injury), Jon Taylor and Kieran Agard won’t be available for Doncaster Rovers gaffer Gary McSheffrey due to injuries.
Charlton Athletic team news
The only injury concern for the visitors is Jake Forster-Caskey who has missed the entire season due to an ACL injury.
Prediction and odds
We are backing an away win here considering that; the hosts have not registered a win against Charlton Athletic in their previous 2 matches in the league and have also lost eight out of their last nine fixtures at home.
- Charlton Athletic win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
