Doncaster Rovers v Notts County Match Preview
by The Rovers Review
Rovers search for back-to-back wins for the first time since January as they host relegation-threatened Notts County.
The two current casualties, Paul Keegan and Joe Wright, will remain out for this game, where as Liam Mandeville comes back into contention for the game after being available for the Cheltenham game, but wasn't risked. Rovers defence will be looking for their third consecutive clean sheet in a row following Cheltenham and Crawley.
Notts County are fighting for their lives after appointing Kevin Nolan as their manager when they were in the relegation zone, but have since rose to 19th in the league with some notable victories, such as their 1-0 victory against Rovers' promotion rivals Plymouth Argyle.
Head-to-heads
Rovers have won two of their last five games in the league - drawing the other three games. County also have a decent record from their past few games with them only losing one in five with a 3-0 defeat to Stevenage away from home.
From their past five games Notts County have scored 6 goals and kept 1 clean sheet, where as Rovers have scored 8 and kept 2 clean sheets.
Players to watch
Veteran striker Jon Stead is their top goal scorer with 13 league goals this season.
Their main providers for goals has come from their defenders; Carl Dickinson and Matt Tootle picking up 4 assists each this season, and with them being right and left backs respectively it means that they'll probably be playing in a similar way to Rovers by playing from the back.
Previous encounters
Last time we faced County was on Boxing Day, when Rovers came out 1-0 victors with a goal from Andy Williams.
The last time County visited the Keepmoat was in January 2015 in League One when they drew 0-0.
Overall, Rovers have won 24, drawn 8 and lost 23, against County since 1930. Safe to say the chances of it being a draw tomorrow look slim!
Predicted lineup v Notts County
Lawlor; Blair, Baudry, Butler, Alcock; Mason, Grant, Rowe, Coppinger; May and Marquis.
