Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United

League Two · Sunday 1 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Doncaster Rovers · Carlisle United · League Two predictions

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United: match report

Doncaster Rovers won against Carlisle United 2-1 in the League Two on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

James Maxwell opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Maxwell (5') and Kyle Hurst (67'). Carlisle United scored through Kristian Dennis (87').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Carlisle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 12th on 34 points from 23 and Carlisle United 4th on 39 points from 23. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Carlisle United 5th with 80.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Carlisle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Owen Moxon of Carlisle United (7.7), ahead of Shaun Williams (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Carlisle United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James MaxwellDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Charlie SeamanDoncaster Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · Jayden HarrisCarlisle United
  • 67'Goal · Kyle HurstDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · Kristian DennisCarlisle United · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 2, draws 1, Carlisle United 6.

Team news

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  • Jon TaylorDoncaster Rovers · injury (Ankle Injury)

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

J. Mitchell, Kyle Knoyle, Shaun Williams, Tom Anderson, Charlie Seaman, Harrison Biggins, Ben Close, James Maxwell, Luke Molyneux, George Miller, Kyle Hurst

Carlisle United line-up (5-3-2)

Tomas Holy, Joel Senior, M. Feeney, Paul Huntington, Jon Mellish, Jack Armer, Callum Anthony Guy, Owen Moxon, Kristian Dennis, Jordan Gibson, J. Stretton