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Bristol City play host to Doncaster Rovers at Ashton Gate on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 10 of the 13 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Bristol City was well over fifteen years ago, back in May 1988, the Robins carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Third Division match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 07 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 07 May | Bristol City | 1-0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 07 Feb | Bristol City | 5 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Wed 17 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 07 Jan | Bristol City | 4 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 02 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Robins in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.
Bristol City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 66 points from their 44 games so far. Doncaster Rvs.'s 64 points from 44 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is certainly an intriguing match for the Robins, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |