Lincoln City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 15 November 2025
Result
Lincoln City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 15 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Lincoln City 2-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Lincoln City beat Doncaster Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 15 November 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Francis Okoronkwo opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Francis Okoronkwo (31') and an own goal by Robbie Gotts (71'). Doncaster Rovers scored through B. Hanlan (70').
Discipline: Lincoln City received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Lincoln City were 6th on 25 points from 15 and Doncaster Rovers 18th on 18 points from 15. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.
Lincoln City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sonny Bradley of Lincoln City (7.8), ahead of Francis Okoronkwo (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Francis Okoronkwo
- 36'Yellow card · George Broadbent
- 38'Yellow card · James Maxwell
- 44'Yellow card · James Collins
- 58'Yellow card · Patrick McCarthy
- 70'Goal · B. Hanlan
- 71'Own goal · Robbie Gotts
- 84'Yellow card · Dom Jefferies
- 90+6'Yellow card · B. Hanlan
Head-to-head
Team news
Lincoln City line-up (4-2-3-1)
George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Conor McGrandles, Tom Bayliss, Rob Street, Freddie Draper, Francis Okoronkwo, James Collins
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Matty Pearson, Connor O'Riordan, James Maxwell, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Owen Bailey, Harry Clifton, Jordan Gibson, Patrick McCarthy