Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 7 February 2023

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 7 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Doncaster Rovers · Tranmere Rovers · League Two predictions

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Doncaster Rovers won against Tranmere Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 7 February 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ben Close opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Ben Close (62') and Kyle Hurst (65'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 15th on 37 points from 27 and Tranmere Rovers 14th on 38 points from 28. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Tranmere Rovers 12th with 58.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to J. Mitchell of Doncaster Rovers (8.6), ahead of Regan Hendry (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Regan HendryTranmere Rovers
  • 34'Yellow card · Charlie LakinDoncaster Rovers
  • 62'Goal · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · Kyle HurstDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Brad WalkerTranmere Rovers
  • 74'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullTranmere Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 3, draws 0, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Team news

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

J. Mitchell, Shaun Williams, Tom Anderson, Tommy Rowe, James Brown, Ben Close, Charlie Lakin, James Maxwell, Luke Molyneux, George Miller, Kyle Hurst

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Mateusz Hewelt, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Ethan Bristow, Kieron Morris, Brad Walker, Regan Hendry, Josh Hawkes, Kane Hemmings, Harvey Saunders