Doncaster Rovers 0-5 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023
Result
Doncaster Rovers 0-5 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Doncaster Rovers 0-5 Morecambe: match report
Doncaster Rovers lost to Morecambe 0-5 in the League Two on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.
Eli King opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Morecambe scored through Eli King (7'), Michael Mellon (34'), Jacob Bedeau (51'), David Tutonda (80') and Michael Mellon (90+7').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Morecambe received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 17th on 24 points from 20 and Morecambe 12th on 28 points from 19. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Morecambe 15th with 61.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Morecambe in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eli King of Morecambe (9.7), ahead of David Tutonda (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Morecambe.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Eli King
- 28'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 34'Goal · Michael Mellon
- 51'Goal · Jacob Bedeau
- 76'Yellow card · James Connolly
- 80'Goal · David Tutonda
- 90+3'Yellow card · Adam Mayor
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jack Senior
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jamie Sterry
- 90+7'Goal · Michael Mellon
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-1-1)
Louis Jones, Tom Anderson, Joseph Olowu, Jack Senior, Luke Molyneux, Harrison Biggins, Kyle Hurst, Owen Bailey, Tom Nixon, Joe Ironside, Mo Faal
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Adam Smith, Joel Senior, James Connolly, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Eli King, Yann Songo'o, Tom Bloxham, JJ McKiernan, Adam Mayor, Michael Mellon