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Leicester City travel to take on Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Monday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 12 games played, Foxes have recorded 2 wins, and Doncaster Rvs. have come away with 4 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Doncaster Rvs. was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1956, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1956/1957 | Sat 15 Dec | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 18 Aug | Leicester City | 3 - 1 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1955/1956 | Sat 28 Apr | Leicester City | 3 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1955/1956 | Mon 05 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 6 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 27 Feb | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 10 Oct | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | CHMP |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 21 Mar | Doncaster Rvs. | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Foxes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Foxes's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Doncaster Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 30 points from their 23 games played so far, Leicester City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 37 points from 22 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Foxes's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Doncaster Rvs., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Leicester City | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |