Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Crewe Alexandra 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
Hakeeb Adelakun opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Hakeeb Adelakun (17') and Tommy Rowe (58'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 20th on 40 points from 35 and Crewe Alexandra 4th on 61 points from 35. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Crewe Alexandra 7th with 74.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thimothée Lo-Tutala of Doncaster Rovers (7.7), level with Owen Bailey (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Crewe Alexandra.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 37'Yellow card · Aaron Rowe
- 43'Yellow card · Rio Adebisi
- 54'Yellow card · Ryan Cooney
- 58'Goal · Tommy Rowe
- 65'Yellow card · Zac Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Tom Anderson, Richard Wood, James Maxwell, Owen Bailey, Harrison Biggins, Matthew Craig, Luke Molyneux, Joe Ironside, Hakeeb Adelakun
Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tom Booth, Ryan Cooney, E. Turns, Mickey Demetriou, Rio Adebisi, Conor Thomas, Josh Austerfield, Shilow Tracey, Aaron Rowe, Charlie Kirk, Elliott Nevitt