Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 February 2024
Result
Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers
League Two · Saturday 17 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Grimsby Town were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 1-5 in the League Two on Saturday 17 February 2024. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Luke Molyneux opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Danny Rose (19', penalty). Doncaster Rovers scored through Luke Molyneux (6'), Joe Ironside (8'), an own goal by Niall Maher (51'), Matthew Craig (72') and Kyle Hurst (82').
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 21st on 29 points from 30 and Doncaster Rovers 20th on 33 points from 31. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Doncaster Rovers 6th with 74.
Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakeeb Adelakun of Doncaster Rovers (8.1), ahead of Matthew Craig (7.8).
Key events
- 6'Goal · Luke Molyneux
- 8'Goal · Joe Ironside
- 19'Penalty goal · Danny Rose
- 28'Yellow card · Owen Bailey
- 45+4'Yellow card · Liam Smith
- 51'Own goal · Niall Maher
- 53'Yellow card · Matthew Craig
- 72'Goal · Matthew Craig
- 74'Yellow card · Harry Clifton
- 82'Goal · Kyle Hurst
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jamie Sterry
Head-to-head
Team news
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Grimsby Town line-up (4-3-3)
Harvey Cartwright, Liam Smith, Doug Tharme, Niall Maher, Denver Hume, Harry Clifton, Kieran Green, Jamie Andrews, Charles Vernam, Danny Rose, Abo Eisa
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Tom Anderson, Richard Wood, James Maxwell, Owen Bailey, Matthew Craig, Luke Molyneux, Harrison Biggins, Hakeeb Adelakun, Joe Ironside