Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 November 2025

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 8 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Doncaster Rovers · Barnsley · League One predictions

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Barnsley: match report

Doncaster Rovers lost to Barnsley 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 8 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Vimal Yoganathan opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Luke Molyneux (38'). Barnsley scored through Vimal Yoganathan (33') and D. Keillor-Dunn (68').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 16th on 18 points from 14 and Barnsley 13th on 18 points from 12. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Molyneux of Doncaster Rovers (7.5), ahead of Murphy Cooper (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 5 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Vimal YoganathanBarnsley · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Luke MolyneuxDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Vimal YoganathanBarnsley
  • 68'Goal · D. Keillor-DunnBarnsley · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · M. RobertsBarnsley
  • 86'Yellow card · Grant McCannDoncaster Rovers
  • 88'Yellow card · L. ConnellBarnsley
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Thomas NixonDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 3, draws 5, Barnsley 2.

Team news

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Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Seán Grehan, Connor O'Riordan, Matty Pearson, Jack Senior, Owen Bailey, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Jordan Gibson, Patrick McCarthy

Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Murphy Cooper, T. Watson, M. Roberts, Jack Shepherd, Jake Rooney, Jonathan Bland, Luca Connell, Vimal Yoganathan, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, David McGoldrick