Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Sunderland: result and report
League One · Monday 27 December 2021
Result
Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Sunderland
League One · Monday 27 December 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Sunderland: match report
Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Sunderland 0-3 in the League One on Monday 27 December 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ross Stewart opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Sunderland scored through Ross Stewart (7', penalty), E. Embleton (41') and an own goal by B. Blythe (50').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 23rd on 16 points from 21 and Sunderland 3rd on 43 points from 22. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 38 points, and Sunderland 3rd with 91.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Embleton of Sunderland (8.2), ahead of Alex Pritchard (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 7'Penalty goal · Ross Stewart
- 41'Goal · E. Embleton
- 50'Own goal · B. Blythe
- 82'Yellow card · Dan Gardner
- 88'Yellow card · C. Doyle
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Nathan Broadhead
- Jon Taylor
- Luke O'Nien
- John Bostock
- Aiden McGeady
- Niall Huggins
- Cameron John
- Fejiri Okenabirhie
- Jordan Willis
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Louis Jones, Kyle Knoyle, Ben Blythe, Joseph Olowu, Branden Horton, Lirak Hasani, Matthew Smith, Liam Ravenhill, Jordy Hiwula, Joseph Dodoo, Tommy Rowe
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Bailey Wright, Tom Flanagan, Callum Doyle, Leon Dajaku, Dan Neil, Josef Dvornik, Lynden Gooch, Alex Pritchard, Elliot Embleton, Ross Stewart