Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 December 2020
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham
League One · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: match report
Doncaster Rovers defeated Gillingham 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 12 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Reece James opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Reece James (29') and Brad Halliday (53'). Gillingham scored through Kyle Dempsey (51').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 8th on 24 points from 14 and Gillingham 11th on 23 points from 15. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 64 points, and Gillingham 10th with 67.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gillingham in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Doncaster Rovers (7.8), level with Josh Sims (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 6 draws and 3 for Gillingham.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Gillingham's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Reece James
- 51'Goal · Kyle Dempsey
- 53'Goal · Brad Halliday
- 86'Yellow card · Matt Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
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Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Lumley, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Andy Butler, Cameron John, Matthew Smith, Ben Whiteman, Josh Sims, Taylor Richards, Reece James, Tyreece John-Jules
Gillingham line-up (4-4-2)
Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas O'Connor, Dominic Samuel, Kyle Dempsey, Robbie McKenzie, A. MacDonald, John Akinde, Vadaine Oliver