Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham
League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: match report
Doncaster Rovers defeated Gillingham 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ben Close opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Ben Close (12') and Ben Close (87'). Gillingham scored through Conor Masterson (45+2').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 22nd on 5 points from 8 and Gillingham 1st on 18 points from 8. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Gillingham 12th with 64.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Gillingham in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Close of Doncaster Rovers (8.5), ahead of Conor Masterson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 0 draws and 1 for Gillingham.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-D-L-L and Gillingham's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Ben Close
- 34'Yellow card · Harrison Biggins
- 45+2'Goal · Conor Masterson
- 53'Yellow card · Ethan Coleman
- 87'Goal · Ben Close
- 90'Yellow card · Joe Ironside
- 90+5'Yellow card · Scott Malone
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Louis Jones, Tom Nixon, Tom Anderson, Joseph Olowu, Owen Bailey, Luke Molyneux, Zain Westbrooke, Harrison Biggins, Ben Close, Mo Faal, Louie Marsh
Gillingham line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jake Turner, Conor Masterson, Max Ehmer, Shadrach Ogie, Cheye Alexander, Ethan Coleman, Shaun Williams, Scott Malone, Macauley Bonne, Tom Nichols, Connor Mahoney