Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2012

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Derby County

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Derby County: match report

Doncaster Rovers lost to Derby County 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from El-Hadji Diouf (66'). Derby County scored through Theo Robinson (13') and Gareth Roberts (55').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 23rd on 31 points from 35 and Derby County 13th on 49 points from 36. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 36 points, and Derby County 11th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Derby County.

Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Derby County's W-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Theo RobinsonDerby County · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Gareth RobertsDerby County · 0-2
  • 66'Goal · El-Hadji DioufDoncaster Rovers · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 5, draws 0, Derby County 2.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Carl Ikeme, Shelton Martis, Tommy Spurr, Pascal Chimbonda, Simon Gillett, Kyle Bennett, James Coppinger, El-Hadji Diouf, Giles Barnes, Frédéric Piquionne, Habib Beye

Derby County line-up

Frank Fielding, Gareth Roberts, Jason Shackell, Jeff Hendrick, Tom Naylor, Paul Green, Theo Robinson, Callum Ball, Craig Bryson, Jake Buxton, Ben Davies