Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 28 November 2023
Result
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Colchester United
League Two · Tuesday 28 November 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Colchester United: match report
Doncaster Rovers defeated Colchester United 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 28 November 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
James Maxwell opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Maxwell (33'), Mo Faal (73') and Joe Ironside (87', penalty). Colchester United scored through Joe Taylor (43').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 19th on 20 points from 18 and Colchester United 20th on 20 points from 19. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Colchester United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Louis Jones of Doncaster Rovers (8.1), ahead of James Maxwell (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Tom Hopper
- 33'Goal · James Maxwell
- 43'Goal · Joe Taylor
- 51'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 60'Yellow card · Tom Smith
- 63'Yellow card · Joseph Olowu
- 67'Yellow card · Tommy Rowe
- 73'Goal · Mo Faal
- 79'Yellow card · Bradley Ihionvien
- 87'Penalty goal · Joe Ironside
Head-to-head
Team news
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Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Louis Jones, Tom Anderson, Richard Wood, Jack Senior, Tom Nixon, Owen Bailey, Ben Close, Tommy Rowe, James Maxwell, Joe Ironside, Mo Faal
Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Tom Smith, Zach Mitchell, Fiacre Kelleher, Tom Dallison, Cameron McGeehan, Arthur Read, Noah Chilvers, Mandela Egbo, Chay Cooper, Tom Hopper, Joe Taylor