Portsmouth 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Portsmouth 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

League Two · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Portsmouth 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Portsmouth lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from C. Baker (41'). Doncaster Rovers scored through John Marquis (7') and Andy Williams (34').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 4th on 17 points from 10 and Doncaster Rovers 3rd on 17 points from 10. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Doncaster Rovers 3rd with 85.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Andy WilliamsDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Gareth EvansPortsmouth
  • 41'Goal · C. BakerPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Andy ButlerDoncaster Rovers
  • 88'Yellow card · Cedric EvinaDoncaster Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 1, Doncaster Rovers 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

David Forde, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Gary Roberts, Gareth Evans, Conor Mark Chaplin

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Marko Marosi, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Joe Wright, Frazer Richardson, Cedric Evina, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, James Coppinger, John Marquis, Andy Williams