DPL v MK Dons

It is widely believed that it is only a matter of time before MKD will become the force to be reckoned with that was predicted in the close season.

Their stats in their most recent league game away at Wimbledon (L 0-3) are amazing. They utterly dominated possession, but did not seem to get the ball into scoring positions.

Their match against Salford was lost more narrowly, but more recently they beat Walsall 1-0.

Their best result was 3-0 against Carlisle whose start could not be much worse.

A remarkable stat is the number of passes they normally chalk up - 600+ seems typical compared with Rovers whose 400 odd is usually more than their opponents. They must do a lot of knocking it round at the back! Will Rovers just let them get on with it and watch or will they challenge? It may not be too good to watch. We really need to win to maintain the momen’um!

It seems very difficult to predict what will happen, So I’ll go for a 2-2 draw (Molyneux/Sharp). I’d like to see Ironside start and will put him ahead of the 2 if he does.