Salford City 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Salford City 3-1 Doncaster Rovers

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Salford City · Doncaster Rovers · League Two predictions

Salford City 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Salford City defeated Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 March 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Luke Bolton opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Salford City's goals came from Luke Bolton (12'), Stevie Mallan (38') and Luke Bolton (59'). Doncaster Rovers scored through George Miller (14').

Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Salford City were 7th on 56 points from 36 and Doncaster Rovers 12th on 50 points from 35. Salford City went on to finish that season 7th with 78 points, and Doncaster Rovers 18th with 55.

Salford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Bolton of Salford City (9.1), ahead of Elliot Watt (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Salford City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Tommy RoweDoncaster Rovers
  • 12'Goal · Luke BoltonSalford City · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · George MillerDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 38'Goal · Stevie MallanSalford City · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Luke BoltonSalford City · 3-1
  • 73'Yellow card · E. GalbraithSalford City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ryan LeakSalford City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Salford City 0, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Salford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Cairns, Jason Lowe, Theo Vassell, Ryan Leak, Ibou Touray, Stevie Mallan, Elliot Watt, Luke Bolton, Ethan Galbraith, Louie Barry, Callum Hendry

Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-4-3)

Stuart Moore, James Brown, Ben Nelson, Joseph Olowu, Tommy Rowe, Charlie Seaman, Ben Close, Harrison Biggins, Kyle Hurst, Luke Molyneux, George Miller