Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2014

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Doncaster Rovers · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Birmingham City: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Birmingham City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paul Quinn opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Paul Quinn (36'). Birmingham City scored through Federico Macheda (57'), Lee Novak (71') and Federico Macheda (76').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 18th on 43 points from 39 and Birmingham City 20th on 41 points from 39. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 45.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Paul KeeganDoncaster Rovers
  • 36'Goal · Paul QuinnDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Federico MachedaBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Jonathan SpectorBirmingham City
  • 71'Goal · Lee NovakBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · Federico MachedaBirmingham City · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · C. ReillyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

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

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, C. Burke, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Oliver Lee, Nikola Zigic