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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Harrison BigginsDoncaster Rovers
  • 45+2'Goal · Conor MastersonGillingham · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ethan ColemanGillingham
  • 87'Goal · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Joe IronsideDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Scott MaloneGillingham

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Gillingham 1.

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