Walsall 1-4 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 15 September 2018
Result
Walsall 1-4 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 1-4 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Walsall were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 1-4 in the League One on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Morgan Ferrier opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Walsall's goal came from Morgan Ferrier (17'). Doncaster Rovers scored through John Marquis (33', penalty), Mallik Wilks (58'), James Coppinger (66') and Matty Blair (90+2').
Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 5th on 15 points from 7 and Doncaster Rovers 7th on 12 points from 7. Walsall went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Doncaster Rovers 6th with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Doncaster Rovers's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Morgan Ferrier
- 33'Yellow card · Luke Leahy
- 33'Penalty goal · John Marquis
- 57'Yellow card · George Dobson
- 58'Goal · Mallik Wilks
- 65'Yellow card · Morgan Ferrier
- 66'Goal · James Coppinger
- 69'Yellow card · Herbie Kane
- 71'Yellow card · Niall Mason
- 89'Yellow card · A. Butler
- 90+2'Goal · Matty Blair
- 90+3'Yellow card · Matty Blair
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up
Liam Roberts, Nicky Devlin, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Jack Fitzwater, Jon Guthrie, Kieron Morris, Isaiah Osbourne, Andy Cook, Morgan Ferrier, Josh Ginnelly
Doncaster Rovers line-up
Marko Marosi, Niall Mason, Danny Andrew, Ben Whiteman, Joe Wright, Andy Butler, Matty Blair, Herbie Kane, John Marquis, Mallik Wilks, James Coppinger