Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Sunderland: result and report

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Sunderland

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Doncaster Rovers · Sunderland · League One predictions

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Sunderland: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Sunderland 1-2 in the League One on Sunday 29 December 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Lynden Gooch opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Jon Taylor (40'). Sunderland scored through Lynden Gooch (6') and Chris Maguire (61').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 14th on 28 points from 19 and Sunderland 15th on 28 points from 20. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Sunderland 8th with 59.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Maguire of Sunderland (8.9), ahead of Jon Taylor (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Lynden GoochSunderland · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · J. LynchSunderland
  • 40'Goal · Jon TaylorDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 61'Goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · A. ÖztürkSunderland
  • 74'Yellow card · Cameron JohnDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Chris MaguireSunderland

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 0, draws 0, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Seny Dieng, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Joe Wright, Cameron John, Ben Whiteman, Madger Gomes, Kieran Sadlier, James Coppinger, Jon Taylor, Niall Ennis

Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)

Jon McLaughlin, Jordan Willis, Alim Öztürk, Joel Lynch, Luke O'Nien, George Dobson, Max Power, Denver Hume, Chris Maguire, Charlie Wyke, Lynden Gooch