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
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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.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Jack Burroughs
- 50'Goal · Elliot Lee
- 57'Goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 59'Yellow card · Dean Campbell
- 69'Yellow card · Thimothee Lo-Tutala
- 69'Yellow card · Nesta Guinness-Walker
- 86'Yellow card · Jake Evans
- 90+1'Yellow card · E. List
- 90+3'Goal · George Broadbent
- 90+5'Yellow card · Robbie Gotts
- 90+6'Goal · Cameron McGeehan
Head-to-head
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