Leeds United 5-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 March 2011
Result
Leeds United 5-2 Doncaster Rovers
Championship · Saturday 5 March 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leeds United 5-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Leeds United defeated Doncaster Rovers 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 5 March 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
M. Gradel opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Leeds United's goals came from M. Gradel (12'), Jonathan Howson (50'), L. Becchio (75'), M. Gradel (83') and Jonathan Howson (90'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Billy Sharp (45') and Franck Moussa (49').
Discipline: Leeds United received no yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leeds United were 6th on 54 points from 34 and Doncaster Rovers 16th on 42 points from 34. Leeds United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Doncaster Rovers 21st with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leeds United win, 1 draw and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.
Going into the match Leeds United's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Doncaster Rovers's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · M. Gradel
- 45'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 49'Goal · Franck Moussa
- 50'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 61'Yellow card · Paul Keegan
- 75'Goal · L. Becchio
- 83'Goal · M. Gradel
- 90'Goal · Jonathan Howson
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up
Kasper Schmeichel, Eric Lichaj, Leigh Bromby, George McCartney, Andrew O'Brien, Neil Kilkenny, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Max Gradel, Luciano Becchio, Robert Snodgrass
Doncaster Rovers line-up
Gary Woods, George Friend, Wayne Thomas, Sam Hird, Franck Moussa, John Oster, Paul Keegan, Patrick McCarthy, Brian Stock, Joseph Mills, Dean Shiels