Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 24 October 2023

Result

Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Salford City

League Two · Tuesday 24 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Salford City: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Salford City 0-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 24 October 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Doncaster Rovers did not score. Salford City scored through Matt Smith (2'), Matt Smith (26') and Matt Smith (77').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards; Salford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 17th on 17 points from 14 and Salford City 16th on 17 points from 14. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Salford City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (9.9), ahead of Alex Cairns (8.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 0-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Ethan IngramSalford City
  • 44'Yellow card · Adrian MariappaSalford City
  • 77'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 0-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 0, Salford City 1.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up (5-3-2)

Louis Jones, Luke Molyneux, Owen Bailey, Joseph Olowu, Tom Anderson, Tom Nixon, Harrison Biggins, Zain Westbrooke, Ben Close, Joe Ironside, Mo Faal

Salford City line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Cairns, Liam Shephard, Adrian Mariappa, Luke Garbutt, Declan John, Elliot Watt, Ethan Ingram, Luke Bolton, Stevie Mallan, Ryan Watson, Matt Smith