Derby County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 December 2013

Result

Derby County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 21 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Derby County 3-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Derby County beat Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jamie Ward opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Derby County's goals came from Jamie Ward (13'), S. Dawkins (50') and Craig Bryson (78'). Doncaster Rovers scored through an own goal by J. Buxton (64').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Derby County were 4th on 37 points from 20 and Doncaster Rovers 20th on 20 points from 20. Derby County went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Doncaster Rovers 22nd with 44.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Derby County wins, 0 draws and 5 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jamie WardDerby County · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · S. DawkinsDerby County · 2-0
  • 64'Own goal · J. BuxtonDoncaster Rovers · 2-1
  • 78'Goal · Craig BrysonDerby County · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Derby County 3, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 5.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Richard Keogh, Jake Buxton, Craig Forsyth, Craig Bryson, Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick, Jamie Ward, Chris Martin

Doncaster Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Turnbull, Bongani Khumalo, Paul Quinn, Paul Keegan, Dean Furman, Mark Duffy, Richard Wellens, Chris Brown, Federico Macheda, Theo Robinson, Rob Jones