Scunthorpe United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 8 March 2016

Result

Scunthorpe United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Tuesday 8 March 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Scunthorpe United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 8 March 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tom Hopper opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Tom Hopper (7') and David Mirfin (58'). Doncaster Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 15th on 47 points from 34 and Doncaster Rovers 20th on 37 points from 34. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Doncaster Rovers 21st with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 2 draws and 7 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · David MirfinScunthorpe United · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Scunthorpe United 1, draws 2, Doncaster Rovers 7.

Team news

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Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, David Mirfin, Conor Townsend, Murray Wallace, Jordan Clarke, Neal Bishop, Stephen Dawson, Jamie Ness, Paddy Madden, Jim O'Brien, Tom Hopper

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Thorsten Stuckmann, Mitchell Lund, Cedric Evina, Luke McCullough, Andy Butler, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Richard Chaplow, Lynden Gooch, Paul Keegan, Riccardo Calder, Nathan Tyson