Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 September 2020

Result

Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 26 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Doncaster Rovers defeated Bristol Rovers 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 September 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Joe Wright opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Joe Wright (23'), Madger Gomes (30'), Taylor Richards (57') and Jon Taylor (62'). Bristol Rovers scored through Luke Leahy (32').

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

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 4th on 4 points from 2 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 1 point from 2. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 64 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jon Taylor of Doncaster Rovers (8.2), ahead of Madger Gomes (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Reece JamesDoncaster Rovers
  • 22'Yellow card · Cian HarriesBristol Rovers
  • 23'Goal · Joe WrightDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanDoncaster Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · Max EhmerBristol Rovers
  • 30'Goal · Madger GomesDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Taylor RichardsDoncaster Rovers · 3-1
  • 62'Goal · Jon TaylorDoncaster Rovers · 4-1
  • 86'Yellow card · David TutondaBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 7, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Josef Bursik, Brad Halliday, Joe Wright, Tom Anderson, Reece James, Ben Whiteman, Madger Gomes, Jon Taylor, Taylor Richards, Jason Lokilo, Tyreece John-Jules

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Anssi Jaakkola, Alfie Kilgour, Max Ehmer, Cian Harries, Luke Leahy, Joshua Grant, Zain Westbrooke, Luke McCormick, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson, Brandon Hanlan, James Daly