Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Tuesday 17 October 2017
Result
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth
League One · Tuesday 17 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: match report
Doncaster Rovers defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 17 October 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Liam Mandeville opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Liam Mandeville (3') and an own goal by Christian Burgess (5'). Portsmouth scored through an own goal by Mathieu Baudry (54').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 18th on 12 points from 13 and Portsmouth 8th on 20 points from 13. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Portsmouth's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Liam Mandeville
- 5'Own goal · Christian Burgess
- 54'Own goal · Mathieu Baudry
- 58'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 71'Red card · D. Donohue
- 78'Yellow card · Tommy Rowe
- 87'Yellow card · Stuart O'Keefe
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Ian Lawlor, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Joe Wright, Harry Toffolo, Rodney Kongolo, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, Liam Mandeville
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Stuart O'Keefe, Matty Kennedy, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Ben Close