Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 January 2013

Result

Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Sheffield United

League One · Tuesday 1 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Sheffield United: match report

Doncaster Rovers drew with Sheffield United 2-2 in the League One on Tuesday 1 January 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Billy Paynter opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Billy Paynter (18', penalty) and D. Syers (62'). Sheffield United scored through Nick Blackman (80', penalty) and Dave Kitson (88').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 3rd on 46 points from 24 and Sheffield United 2nd on 46 points from 25. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Sheffield United 6th with 78.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Sheffield United's L-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · George LongSheffield United
  • 18'Penalty goal · Billy PaynterDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Rob JonesDoncaster Rovers
  • 30'Yellow card · Matthew HillSheffield United
  • 49'Yellow card · Elliott WhitehouseSheffield United
  • 62'Goal · D. SyersDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Andy GriffinDoncaster Rovers
  • 80'Penalty goal · Nick BlackmanSheffield United · 2-1
  • 86'Red card · Billy PaynterDoncaster Rovers
  • 88'Goal · Dave KitsonSheffield United · 2-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kevin McDonaldSheffield United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 2, draws 4, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Unavailable

Doncaster Rovers expected line-up

Gary Woods, Tommy Spurr, Paul Quinn, Rob Jones, James Husband, James Harper, Kyle Bennett, Dave Syers, Paul Keegan, Iain Edward Hume, B. Paynter

Sheffield United expected line-up

George Long, Marcus Williams, Tony McMahon, Harry Maguire, K. McDonald, Ryan Flynn, Nick Blackman, Dave Kitson, Chris Porter, Michael Doyle, Matthew Hill