Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023
Result
Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Forest Green Rovers · Doncaster Rovers · League Two predictions
Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Forest Green Rovers lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Harrison Biggins opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Jordan Moore-Taylor (84'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Harrison Biggins (35') and Ben Close (90+6').
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 19th on 7 points from 7 and Doncaster Rovers 24th on 2 points from 7. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Doncaster Rovers 6th with 74.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Moore-Taylor of Forest Green Rovers (8.5), ahead of Kyle McAllister (8.2).
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Doncaster Rovers's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Reece Brown
- 35'Goal · Harrison Biggins
- 51'Yellow card · Jordan Moore-Taylor
- 70'Yellow card · Joseph Olowu
- 71'Yellow card · Ryan Inniss
- 79'Yellow card · Charlie McCann
- 84'Goal · Jordan Moore-Taylor
- 90+5'Yellow card · Tom Anderson
- 90+6'Goal · Ben Close
Team news
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Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Daniels, Fankaty Dabo, Ryan Inniss, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Reece Brown, Charlie McCann, Teddy Jenks, Troy Deeney, Matty Stevens
Doncaster Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Louis Jones, Tom Nixon, Owen Bailey, Joseph Olowu, Tom Anderson, Luke Molyneux, George Broadbent, Harrison Biggins, Zain Westbrooke, Mo Faal, Joe Ironside