Watford 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011

Result

Watford 3-1 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Watford · Doncaster Rovers · Championship predictions

Watford 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Watford beat Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marvin Sordell opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Watford's goals came from Marvin Sordell (44'), Marvin Sordell (68'), John Eustace (84') and Michael Kightly (90'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Billy Sharp (47').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Watford were 18th on 27 points from 23 and Doncaster Rovers 23rd on 19 points from 23. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Doncaster Rovers 24th with 36.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 5 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Herold GoulonDoncaster Rovers
  • 44'Goal · Marvin SordellWatford · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Billy SharpDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Habib BeyeDoncaster Rovers
  • 64'Second yellow · Herold GoulonDoncaster Rovers
  • 66'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufDoncaster Rovers
  • 68'Goal · Marvin SordellWatford · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · John EustaceWatford · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Michael KightlyWatford · 4-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Michael KightlyWatford

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Watford 1, draws 5, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Watford line-up

Scott Loach, Lee Hodson, Carl Dickinson, Adrian Mariappa, Nyron Nosworthy, Mark Yeates, Michael Kightly, Prince Bauben, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Marvin Sordell

Doncaster Rovers expected line-up

Carl Ikeme, Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga, Sam Hird, Simon Gillett, James Coppinger, Patrick McCarthy, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Giles Barnes, Brian Stock, James O'Connor, Habib Beye