Stockport County and Bristol Rovers last faced in the EFL during the 2009-10 season – the Pirates have won the last three such meetings without conceding a single goal in the process.

Last season, Bristol Rovers lost just one of their eight league games against newly promoted opponents (W5 D2), a 3-1 defeat to Northampton Town in February.

Stockport have won their opening two League One matches this season, keeping a clean sheet in both. Only three newly promoted sides in Football League history have won their opening three matches without conceding: Huddersfield in 1920-21 (top-flight), Carlisle in 1974-75 (top-flight) and Lincoln City in 2019-20 (League One (Bromley could also do so in League Two)).

Bristol Rovers have failed to score in 11 of their last 14 games in all competitions – before this run, they’d only failed to score in three of their previous 39 matches.

Sky Bet League One: Pre-match stat pack

Sky Bet League One: Pre-match stat pack