Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 2 March 2021

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 2 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Doncaster Rovers won against Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Reece James opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Reece James (12') and Fejiri Okenabirhie (70'). Portsmouth scored through John Marquis (90+4').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 6th on 49 points from 28 and Portsmouth 4th on 52 points from 30. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 64 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 72.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Reece James of Doncaster Rovers (8.2), ahead of Tom Naylor (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Jon TaylorDoncaster Rovers
  • 12'Goal · Reece JamesDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth
  • 59'Yellow card · Rasmus NicolaisenPortsmouth
  • 70'Goal · Fejiri OkenabirhieDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · John MarquisPortsmouth
  • 90+4'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Matt SmithDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 2, draws 0, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

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Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Louis Jones, Brad Halliday, Joe Wright, Tom Anderson, Reece James, Matthew Smith, John Bostock, Jon Taylor, James Coppinger, Josh Sims, Omar Bogle

Portsmouth line-up (3-4-3)

Craig MacGillivray, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Haji Mnoga, Tom Naylor, Harvey White, Charlie Daniels, Marcus Harness, Ellis Harrison, Ronan Curtis