Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Oxford United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 7 December 2021
Result
Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Oxford United
League One · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Oxford United: match report
Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Oxford United 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 7 December 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Mark Sykes opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Branden Horton (74'). Oxford United scored through Mark Sykes (16') and James Henry (87').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 23rd on 13 points from 19 and Oxford United 7th on 33 points from 19. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 38 points, and Oxford United 8th with 76.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Long of Oxford United (7.7), level with Herbie Kane (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Oxford United.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Mark Sykes
- 23'Yellow card · Louis Jones
- 69'Yellow card · M. Smith
- 74'Goal · Branden Horton
- 76'Yellow card · Tommy Rowe
- 87'Goal · James Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
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Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Louis Jones, Kyle Knoyle, Tom Anderson, Ben Blythe, Lirak Hasani, Matthew Smith, Ethan Galbraith, Branden Horton, Aidan Barlow, Tommy Rowe, Tiago Çukur
Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Eastwood, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Jordan Thorniley, Steve Seddon, Marcus McGuane, Herbie Kane, Cameron Brannagan, Gavin Whyte, M. Taylor, Mark Sykes