Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Sunday 28 December 2008
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Burnley
Championship · Sunday 28 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Burnley: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Burnley 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
James Coppinger opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Coppinger (37') and Brian Stock (40', penalty). Burnley scored through Martin Paterson (62').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 23rd on 21 points from 25 and Burnley 4th on 43 points from 25. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Burnley 2nd with 85.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Burnley's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 37'Goal · James Coppinger
- 39'Red card · Steven Caldwell
- 40'Penalty goal · Brian Stock
- 62'Goal · Martin Paterson
- 63'Yellow card · Stephen Jordan
- 68'Yellow card · Clarke Carlisle
- 71'Yellow card · Paul Heffernan