Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Southend United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 28 January 2020
Result
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Southend United
League One · Tuesday 28 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Doncaster Rovers 3-1 Southend United: match report
Doncaster Rovers won against Southend United 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 28 January 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Niall Ennis opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Niall Ennis (24'), Kieran Sadlier (41') and Kieran Sadlier (55'). Southend United scored through Harry Phillips (69').
Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards; Southend United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 10th on 38 points from 25 and Southend United 23rd on 13 points from 26. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.
Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southend United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Sadlier of Doncaster Rovers (8.5), ahead of Reece James (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Southend United.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Niall Ennis
- 41'Goal · Kieran Sadlier
- 55'Goal · Kieran Sadlier
- 59'Yellow card · Mark Milligan
- 69'Goal · Harry Phillips
Head-to-head
Team news
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Seny Dieng, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Cameron John, Reece James, Ben Sheaf, Ben Whiteman, Jon Taylor, James Coppinger, Kieran Sadlier, Niall Ennis
Southend United line-up (5-3-2)
Mark Oxley, Jason Demetriou, Elvis Bwomono, John White, Robert Kiernan, Stephen McLaughlin, Mark Milligan, Sam Mantom, Harry Phillips, Stephen Humphrys, Charlie Kelman