Northampton Town 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Northampton Town 1-3 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 18 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Northampton Town · Doncaster Rovers · League One predictions

Northampton Town 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Northampton Town lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Elliot Lee opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Cameron McGeehan (90+6'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Elliot Lee (50'), Hakeeb Adelakun (57') and George Broadbent (90+3').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 5 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 24th on 35 points from 42 and Doncaster Rovers 15th on 53 points from 42. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Pearson of Doncaster Rovers (7.6), ahead of Jack Senior (7.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Jack BurroughsNorthampton Town
  • 50'Goal · Elliot LeeDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Hakeeb AdelakunDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Dean CampbellNorthampton Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Thimothee Lo-TutalaDoncaster Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Nesta Guinness-WalkerNorthampton Town
  • 86'Yellow card · Jake EvansNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · E. ListNorthampton Town
  • 90+3'Goal · George BroadbentDoncaster Rovers · 0-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Robbie GottsDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+6'Goal · Cameron McGeehanNorthampton Town · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 0.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Burge, Jack Burroughs, Max Dyche, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tyrese Fornah, Cameron McGeehan, Dean Campbell, Michael Jacobs, Tom Eaves, Sam Hoskins

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Seán Grehan, Matty Pearson, Jack Senior, Robbie Gotts, Luke Molyneux, Owen Bailey, Harry Clifton, Hakeeb Adelakun, Elliot Lee