Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2014

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Doncaster Rovers · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Doncaster Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 January 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Rudy Gestede of Blackburn Rovers in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 34 points from 24 and Doncaster Rovers 22nd on 21 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Doncaster Rovers 22nd with 44.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-D-W-W and Doncaster Rovers's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Richie WellensDoncaster Rovers
  • 7'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 36'Yellow card · James HusbandDoncaster Rovers
  • 45'Goal · Rudy GestedeBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Abdoulaye MeiteDoncaster Rovers
  • 60'Yellow card · A. HenleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 66'Yellow card · Bongani KhumaloDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best

Doncaster Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Turnbull, Bongani Khumalo, Paul Quinn, Paul Keegan, Dean Furman, Mark Duffy, Richard Wellens, Chris Brown, Federico Macheda, Theo Robinson, Rob Jones