Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 January 2018

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 27 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers: match report

Doncaster Rovers lost to Bristol Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 27 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from John Marquis (4'). Bristol Rovers scored through Ryan Sweeney (24'), R. Gaffney (50') and Ellis Harrison (85').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 11th on 37 points from 29 and Bristol Rovers 14th on 36 points from 28. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Ryan SweeneyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanDoncaster Rovers
  • 50'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 85'Goal · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Ian Lawlor, Craig Alcock, Tommy Rowe, Joe Wright, Tyler Garratt, Rodney Kongolo, Ben Whiteman, Matty Blair, Alfie Beestin, James Coppinger, John Marquis

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Adam Smith, Ryan Sweeney, Tom Broadbent, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney