Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Friday 22 December 2023
Result
Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bradford City
League Two · Friday 22 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bradford City: match report
Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Bradford City 1-3 in the League Two on Friday 22 December 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Joe Ironside opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Joe Ironside (7'). Bradford City scored through Andy Cook (27'), Tyler Smith (43') and Andy Cook (85').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 19th on 24 points from 21 and Bradford City 14th on 29 points from 21. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Bradford City 9th with 69.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Bradford City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Cook of Bradford City (10.0), ahead of Joe Ironside (7.5).
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Bradford City's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Joe Ironside
- 27'Goal · Andy Cook
- 43'Goal · Tyler Smith
- 65'Yellow card · Jack Senior
- 85'Goal · Andy Cook
- 90+5'Yellow card · Lewis Richards
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-1-1)
Ian Lawlor, Owen Bailey, Joseph Olowu, Tom Anderson, Tom Nixon, Ben Close, Tommy Rowe, Harrison Biggins, Jack Senior, Joe Ironside, Mo Faal
Bradford City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Harry Lewis, Jonathan Tomkinson, Matty Platt, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Alex Gilliead, Richard Smallwood, Lewis Richards, Jamie Walker, Tyler Smith, Andy Cook