Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 12 August 2025

Result

Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 12 August 2025, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Doncaster Rovers 0-4 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 12 August 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ben Close opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Doncaster Rovers scored through Ben Close (11'), Oyindamola Ajayi (23'), Robbie Gotts (84') and Thomas Nixon (90+6').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Delano Burgzorg of Middlesbrough (7.5), ahead of Luke Ayling (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Oyindamola AjayiDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 27'Yellow card · Abdoulaye KantéMiddlesbrough
  • 47'Yellow card · Jay McGrathDoncaster Rovers
  • 60'Yellow card · Sean GrehanDoncaster Rovers
  • 83'Yellow card · Ben CloseDoncaster Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Robbie GottsDoncaster Rovers · 0-3
  • 90+6'Goal · Thomas NixonDoncaster Rovers · 0-4

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 2, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)

Tom Glover, Luke Ayling, Alfie Jones, Neto Borges, Callum Brittain, Abdoulaye Kanté, Law McCabe, George McCormick, Morgan Whittaker, Delano Burgzorg, Tommy Conway

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

Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Owen Bailey, James Maxwell, Jamie Sterry, Tom Anderson, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Charlie Crew, Rob Street