Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report

Doncaster Rovers defeated Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League Two on Wednesday 1 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Owen Bailey opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Owen Bailey (44') and Patrick McCarthy (90+2'). Fleetwood Town scored through Matthew Virtue-Thick (62').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 4th on 37 points from 23 and Fleetwood Town 16th on 27 points from 21. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 60.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joseph Olowu of Doncaster Rovers (7.8), level with Owen Bailey (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Owen BaileyDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Matthew Virtue-ThickFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Patrick McCarthyDoncaster Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Fleetwood Town 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Zech MedleyFleetwood Town · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Jamie Sterry, Joseph Olowu, Jay McGrath, James Maxwell, Owen Bailey, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Kyle Hurst, Joe Ironside

Fleetwood Town line-up (3-1-4-2)

Jay Lynch, Rhys Bennett, James Bolton, Brendan Wiredu, Elliot Bonds, Carl Johnston, Liam Shaw, Danny Mayor, Phoenix Patterson, Ryan Graydon, Kian Harratt