Southampton 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012
Result
Southampton 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Southampton 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Southampton won against Doncaster Rovers 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 24 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Southampton's goals came from Billy Sharp (58') and Billy Sharp (75'). Doncaster Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 1st on 75 points from 38 and Doncaster Rovers 24th on 31 points from 37. Southampton went on to finish that season 3rd with 88 points, and Doncaster Rovers 24th with 36.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 0 draws and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Doncaster Rovers's L-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Adam Brian Lockwood
- 50'Yellow card · Simon Gillett
- 58'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 72'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 75'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 76'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up
José Fonte, Danny Butterfield, Danny Fox, Jos Hooiveld, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jack Cork, Adam Lallana, Steve De Ridder, Patrick McCarthy, Kelvin Davis, Rickie Lambert
Doncaster Rovers line-up
Carl Ikeme, Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga, Pascal Chimbonda, John Oster, Simon Gillett, James Coppinger, El-Hadji Diouf, Giles Barnes, Frédéric Piquionne, Adam Brian Lockwood, Habib Beye