Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 December 2024
Result
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 21 December 2024, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Tranmere Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
Joseph Olowu opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Joseph Olowu (39'), Patrick Kelly (66') and Kyle Hurst (77'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Sol Solomon (83').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 5th on 33 points from 20 and Tranmere Rovers 19th on 21 points from 19. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Tranmere Rovers 20th with 51.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Molyneux of Doncaster Rovers (8.2), ahead of Patrick Kelly (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Connor Wood
- 17'Yellow card
- 24'Yellow card · Tom Davies
- 24'Yellow card
- 39'Goal · Joseph Olowu
- 45+1'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 45+1'Yellow card
- 46'Yellow card · Owen Bailey
- 46'Yellow card
- 54'Second yellow · Tom Davies
- 54'Second yellow · Tom Davies
- 66'Goal · Patrick Kelly
- 77'Goal · Kyle Hurst
- 83'Goal · Sol Solomon
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Josh Emmanuel, Joseph Olowu, Jay McGrath, Brandon Fleming, Owen Bailey, Patrick Kelly, Luke Molyneux, George Broadbent, Jordan Gibson, Patrick McCarthy
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Connor Wood, Sam Finley, Chris Merrie, Harvey Saunders, Connor Jennings, Omari Patrick, Kristian Dennis