Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Walsall

League One · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Walsall: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Walsall 0-3 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

E. Öztümer opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Walsall scored through E. Öztümer (62'), E. Öztümer (66') and Kieron Morris (80').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 17th on 15 points from 14 and Walsall 16th on 16 points from 14. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Walsall in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 1 draw and 6 for Walsall.

Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-W-L-L and Walsall's D-D-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Jon GuthrieWalsall
  • 54'Yellow card · Jordan HoughtonDoncaster Rovers
  • 62'Goal · E. ÖztümerWalsall · 0-1
  • 66'Goal · E. ÖztümerWalsall · 0-2
  • 80'Goal · Kieron MorrisWalsall · 0-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsWalsall

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 1, Walsall 6.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-2)

Ian Lawlor, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Niall Mason, Tommy Rowe, Joe Wright, Harry Toffolo, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Houghton, John Marquis, Liam Mandeville

Walsall line-up (4-3-1-2)

Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, James Wilson, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Florent Cuvelier, Erhun Oztumer, L. Kinsella, Tyler Roberts, Amadou Bakayoko