Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Forest Green Rovers · Doncaster Rovers · League Two predictions

Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Forest Green Rovers lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Harrison Biggins opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Jordan Moore-Taylor (84'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Harrison Biggins (35') and Ben Close (90+6').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 19th on 7 points from 7 and Doncaster Rovers 24th on 2 points from 7. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Doncaster Rovers 6th with 74.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Moore-Taylor of Forest Green Rovers (8.5), ahead of Kyle McAllister (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers
  • 35'Goal · Harrison BigginsDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Jordan Moore-TaylorForest Green Rovers
  • 70'Yellow card · Joseph OlowuDoncaster Rovers
  • 71'Yellow card · Ryan InnissForest Green Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Charlie McCannForest Green Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Jordan Moore-TaylorForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Tom AndersonDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+6'Goal · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers · 1-2

Team news

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Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Daniels, Fankaty Dabo, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Reece Brown, Charlie McCann, Teddy Jenks, Troy Deeney, Matty Stevens

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

Louis Jones, Tom Nixon, Owen Bailey, Joseph Olowu, Tom Anderson, Luke Molyneux, George Broadbent, Harrison Biggins, Zain Westbrooke, Mo Faal, Joe Ironside