Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League Two · Thursday 5 January 2017
Result
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth
League Two · Thursday 5 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Doncaster Rovers beat Portsmouth 3-1 in the League Two on Thursday 5 January 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
John Marquis opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from John Marquis (5'), Tommy Rowe (58') and John Marquis (71'). Portsmouth scored through Kal Naismith (41').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 1st on 49 points from 24 and Portsmouth 4th on 42 points from 24. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Portsmouth 1st with 87.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Portsmouth's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · John Marquis
- 34'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 40'Yellow card · Gareth Evans
- 41'Goal · Kal Naismith
- 45+1'Yellow card · Michael Doyle
- 52'Yellow card · Craig Alcock
- 58'Goal · Tommy Rowe
- 71'Goal · John Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marko Marosi, Craig Alcock, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Niall Mason, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, Conor Grant, James Coppinger, John Marquis
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Forde, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Michael Smith