Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 28 October 2023

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Doncaster Rovers defeated Grimsby Town 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Joe Ironside of Doncaster Rovers in the 72nd minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 18th on 17 points from 15 and Grimsby Town 20th on 14 points from 15. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Grimsby Town 21st with 49.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Nixon of Doncaster Rovers (8.1), ahead of Daniel Amos (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Gavan HolohanGrimsby Town
  • 51'Yellow card · Owen BaileyDoncaster Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers
  • 72'Penalty goal · Joe IronsideDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Danny RoseGrimsby Town
  • 80'Yellow card · Louis JonesDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Grimsby Town 1.

Team news

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

Louis Jones, Tom Nixon, Owen Bailey, Tom Anderson, Jack Senior, George Broadbent, Zain Westbrooke, Ben Close, Luke Molyneux, Mo Faal, Joe Ironside

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

Harvey Cartwright, Michee Efete, Harvey Rodgers, Niall Maher, Daniel Amos, Kamil Conteh, Gavan Holohan, Harry Clifton, Abo Eisa, Donovan Wilson, Danny Rose