Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Friday 29 December 2017
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Rochdale
League One · Friday 29 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Rochdale: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Rochdale 2-0 in the League One on Friday 29 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ben Whiteman opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Ben Whiteman (4') and Alfie May (27'). Rochdale did not score.
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 13th on 30 points from 24 and Rochdale 23rd on 22 points from 23. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 2 draws and 2 for Rochdale.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Rochdale's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Ben Whiteman
- 27'Goal · Alfie May
- 62'Yellow card · Donervon Daniels
- 64'Yellow card · John Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up
Ian Lawlor, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Niall Mason, Tommy Rowe, Tyler Garratt, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Houghton, James Coppinger, John Marquis, Alfie May
Rochdale line-up
Josh Lillis, Kgosi Ntlhe, Harrison McGahey, Donervon Daniels, Joe Bunney, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Keith Keane, Andy Cannon, Matt Done, Ian Henderson