Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 September 2019

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 7 September 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Doncaster Rovers beat Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 September 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jake Hastie opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Coppinger (66') and Ben Whiteman (88', penalty). Rotherham United scored through Jake Hastie (37').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 12th on 8 points from 4 and Rotherham United 14th on 7 points from 4. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 62.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Niall Ennis of Doncaster Rovers (8.0), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Jake HastieRotherham United · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Richard WoodRotherham United
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tom AndersonDoncaster Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Matthew OlosundeRotherham United
  • 66'Goal · James CoppingerDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 88'Penalty goal · Ben WhitemanDoncaster Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 0, draws 1, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

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

Ian Lawlor, Brad Halliday, Reece James, Tom Anderson, Cameron John, Ben Sheaf, Ben Whiteman, Jon Taylor, Alfie May, James Coppinger, Kazaiah Sterling

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Lewis Price, Richard Wood, Clark Robertson, Michael Ihiekwe, Matthew Olosunde, Shaun MacDonald, Ben Wiles, Jamie Lindsay, Freddie Ladapo, Carlton Morris, Jake Hastie