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League Two · 2026/2027 · provider tag opta

Bristol Rovers

17th on points, with 16. 11th on season xG difference. 14 league matches, 20.84 xG for, 19.98 against, goal difference -6.

Season xGD
+0.86
GF minus xG
-3.84
Last 10 xGD
-5.76
xG per match
1.49

Chances and goals

Goals for xG for Goals against xG against
06121723

Cumulative league totals. A line pulling away from its pair is a gap between goals and chances, not a verdict.

Ratings that feed the price

Attack is xG for divided by the league’s home or away average. Defence is xG against divided by what the opposition usually creates in that venue. Both are shrunk towards the league with four phantom matches, so two bright afternoons cannot set the price on their own. Home attack 1.21 from 7 home matches. Home defence 0.89. Away attack 0.81 from 7 away matches. Away defence 1.10.

Next in the eight-day window: Bristol Rovers v Chesterfield, Sat 14 Nov, 15:00. The model’s fair prices are home 45.5% (6/5), draw 23.9% (54/17), away 30.5% (41/18). λ 1.67, μ 1.32. That is a method. It is not a selection.

No regression flag. The gap between goals and xG is inside the line used from matchweek 8.

League matches

Bristol Rovers league matches with xG
DateH/AOpponentScorexGxGAGF−xG
31 OctAFleetwood Town1-30.193.19+0.81
24 OctHSwindon Town0-01.511.50-1.51
20 OctHSalford City1-21.510.68-0.51
17 OctAShrewsbury Town0-10.541.65-0.54
10 OctHBarnet1-32.032.10-1.03
3 OctACrewe Alexandra1-30.791.60+0.21
26 SeptHExeter City1-02.020.66-1.02
19 SeptAGillingham0-30.512.36-0.51
12 SeptAGrimsby Town0-20.111.44-0.11
5 SeptHRotherham United1-00.840.63+0.16
1 SeptHColchester United2-02.990.86-0.99
29 AugACrawley Town2-01.980.72+0.02
22 AugHNewport County5-33.990.66+1.01
15 AugAYork City2-31.831.93+0.17

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