Doncaster Rovers 0-4 Cardiff City: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 February 2026

Result

Doncaster Rovers 0-4 Cardiff City

League One · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Doncaster Rovers 0-4 Cardiff City: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Cardiff City 0-4 in the League One on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alex Robertson opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Cardiff City scored through Alex Robertson (26'), Dylan Lawlor (46'), Cian Ashford (56') and Callum Robinson (90+5').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 18th on 39 points from 32 and Cardiff City 1st on 69 points from 33. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dylan Lawlor of Cardiff City (8.7), ahead of Cian Ashford (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 2 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Alex RobertsonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Robbie GottsDoncaster Rovers
  • 46'Goal · Dylan LawlorCardiff City · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Cian AshfordCardiff City · 0-3
  • 77'Yellow card · George BroadbentDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+5'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 0-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 2, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

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

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Neill Byrne, Jay McGrath, Jack Senior, Robbie Gotts, Luke Molyneux, Owen Bailey, Harry Clifton, Glenn Middleton, Brandon Hanlan

Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Dylan Lawlor, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, Cian Ashford, Rubin Colwill