Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 August 2019
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City
League One · Saturday 24 August 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Lincoln City: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Lincoln City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 August 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Niall Ennis opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Niall Ennis (13') and Jon Taylor (83'). Lincoln City scored through Jorge Grant (57').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Lincoln City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 12th on 5 points from 3 and Lincoln City 2nd on 9 points from 4. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Lincoln City 15th with 42.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lincoln City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niall Ennis of Doncaster Rovers (8.1), ahead of Joe Morrell (7.8).
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-D-D and Lincoln City's L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Niall Ennis
- 33'Yellow card · Madger Gomes
- 36'Yellow card · Harry Anderson
- 45+1'Yellow card · Niall Ennis
- 57'Goal · Jorge Grant
- 80'Yellow card · Cameron John
- 83'Goal · Jon Taylor
- 90+1'Yellow card · K. Sterling
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ian Lawlor, Brad Halliday, Reece James, Tom Anderson, Cameron John, Kieran Sadlier, Ben Whiteman, Madger Gomes, Alfie May, James Coppinger, Niall Ennis
Lincoln City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Vickers, Harry Toffolo, Jason Shackell, Michael Bostwick, Neal Eardley, Michael O'Connor, Jack Payne, Jorge Grant, Joe Morrell, Harry Anderson, Tyler Walker