Doncaster arrive at the Ricoh today on the back of a morale boosting 3-0 win over Chesterfield. In this game, new Rovers’ boss Darren Ferguson implemented a 3-5-2 system.
He applied the same formation last season whilst at Peterborough without much success, and so far his time at Doncaster has been inconsistent.
Despite the win over Chesterfield hinting at an upturn in form, it was preceded by defeats at home to Rochdale and away to Millwall.
The standout threat in the Doncaster side is top scorer Andy Williams. The forward has eight goals in all competitions and is a player that thrives off good service.
He’s not the sort of striker to carve out chances for himself and will rely heavily on the delivery of wing backs Cedric Evina and Felipe Mattioni.
Experienced forward Nathan Tyson still possesses a good level of pace which could cause our back four problems should he get either of the centre backs on the turn.
In terms of weaknesses in the squad, the defensive three have been somewhat error prone this season.
This is something that can and most likely will be exploited by the pacy triumvirate of Adam Armstrong, Jacob Murphy and Ryan Kent.
The main issue has been the performances of centre back Andy Butler, who has had a poor start to the season. That being said, he has improved slightly following the appointment of Ferguson.
To add to these defensive frailties, former Preston goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann is not the safest pair of hands to have between the sticks.
A professional performance should see us over the line today.
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