League One: Bristol Rovers vs Huddersfield – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 36 match between Bristol Rovers and Huddersfield and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Struggling Bristol Rovers are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Huddersfield on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Sitting bottom of the table, Bristol Rovers have claimed 36 points after 34 rounds, while Huddersfield have amassed 58 points. This places the latter as number 6 in the League One at the moment.

Form: Bristol Rovers vs Huddersfield

Bristol Rovers Form

In their last three matches, Bristol Rovers lost 2-1 against Northampton, 2-3 against Rotherham and drew 0-0 with Shrewsbury. Bristol Rovers claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the League One. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 14 and conceded ten goals.

Huddersfield Form

In their previous three outings, Huddersfield lost 2-1 against Wigan, beat Stevenage 1-2 and lost 0-1 against Wrexham. Huddersfield won half their previous six away matches in the League One, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten goals whilst conceding nine.

Betting facts for Bristol Rovers and Huddersfield

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Bristol Rovers and Huddersfield played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Bristol Rovers vs Huddersfield

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Sil Swinkels, who is performing well for Bristol Rovers. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent League One outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Huddersfield.The visitors will be looking to Josh Koroma to find the net once again, after managing two League One goals for Huddersfield in recent matches.

Popular markets: Bristol Rovers vs Huddersfield

Full-time result

Bristol Rovers won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Memorial Stadium. They drew four and lost three as well, while Huddersfield won six of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost three.

Both teams to score

Bristol Rovers scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Huddersfield scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 7 consecutive home games Bristol Rovers played. Huddersfield will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday with Bristol Rovers managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous 10 games.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Bristol Rovers, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Huddersfield, who managed to score 0.8 times in those matches.