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Brentford travel to take on Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue Gound on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 21 games played, Bees have recorded 7 wins, and Doncaster Rvs. have come away with 10 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Doncaster Rvs. was well over fifteen years ago, back in November 1987, with Brentford inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Rovers in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Brentford | 4 - 3 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 30 Apr | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 28 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 14 Apr | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 30 Aug | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Fri 24 Jan | Brentford | 1 - 3 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1985/1986 | Fri 13 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers 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 Rovers in those games, with 3 conceded.
The Bees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Bees, and 8 goals against.
Doncaster Rvs.'s 51 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Brentford lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 54 from their 33 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brentford are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Doncaster Rvs.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Brentford | No sequences of note |