A return to League One duty should be just what the doctor ordered for both sets of players in the wake of their early EFL Cup eliminations, although the hosts' final game with Mangan on the touchline should not be a memorable one.
With Barnsley head coach Collins sure to revert to most of the XI that taught Port Vale a footballing lesson last weekend, the Tykes should make it two for two in League One with relative ease.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barnsley win with a probability of 40%. A win for Bristol Rovers had a probability of 34.42% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.27%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.65%) and 0-2 (6.62%). The likeliest Bristol Rovers win was 1-0 (8.48%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.11%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.1% likelihood.
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