Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 19 October 2019
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 19 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 19 October 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kieran Sadlier opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Kieran Sadlier (39') and Jon Taylor (56'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 13th on 16 points from 11 and Bristol Rovers 4th on 21 points from 12. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Doncaster Rovers (8.6), ahead of Seny Dieng (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Bristol Rovers's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 26'Missed penalty · Tom Nichols
- 39'Goal · Kieran Sadlier
- 56'Goal · Jon Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Seny Dieng, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Donervon Daniels, Reece James, Ben Sheaf, Ben Whiteman, Jon Taylor, James Coppinger, Kieran Sadlier, Niall Ennis
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Tom Davies, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Ollie Clarke, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Luke Leahy, Tyler Smith, Tom Nichols