Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 August 2019
Result
Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 17 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Fleetwood Town: match report
Doncaster Rovers defeated Fleetwood Town 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Conor McAleny opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Cameron John (19'), James Coppinger (39') and an own goal by Wes Burns (90+1'). Fleetwood Town scored through Conor McAleny (10') and Paddy Madden (56').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 15th on 2 points from 2 and Fleetwood Town 3rd on 6 points from 2. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Fleetwood Town 6th with 61.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Coppinger of Doncaster Rovers (7.8), ahead of Kieran Sadlier (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Fleetwood Town.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 16'Yellow card · Ben Sheaf
- 19'Goal · Cameron John
- 24'Yellow card · Ben Whiteman
- 39'Goal · James Coppinger
- 56'Goal · Paddy Madden
- 62'Yellow card · Alfie May
- 88'Yellow card · Peter Clarke
- 90+1'Own goal · Wes Burns
- 90+1'Yellow card · Lewie Coyle
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ian Lawlor, Brad Halliday, Reece James, Tom Anderson, Cameron John, Ben Sheaf, Kieran Sadlier, Ben Whiteman, Alfie May, James Coppinger, Niall Ennis
Fleetwood Town line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Danny Andrew, Peter Clarke, Harry James Souttar, Paul Coutts, Jordan Rossiter, Jack Sowerby, Wes Burns, Conor McAleny, Josh Morris