Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Friday 2 December 2022

Result

Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Walsall

League Two · Friday 2 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Walsall: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Walsall 0-2 in the League Two on Friday 2 December 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Tom Knowles opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Walsall scored through Tom Knowles (52') and Danny Johnson (71').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 10th on 28 points from 19 and Walsall 11th on 27 points from 19. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Walsall 16th with 55.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Walsall in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Johnson of Walsall (7.8), ahead of Ben Close (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 7 for Walsall.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Tom KnowlesWalsall · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Danny JohnsonWalsall · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 3, draws 0, Walsall 7.

Team news

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

J. Mitchell, Kyle Knoyle, Shaun Williams, Tom Anderson, James Maxwell, Harrison Biggins, Ben Close, Adam Clayton, Tommy Rowe, Max Woltman, George Miller

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

Owen Evans, Hayden White, Donervon Daniels, Manny Monthe, Liam Bennett, L. Kinsella, Jack Earing, Liam Gordon, Isaac Hutchinson, Tom Knowles, Danny Johnson