Peterborough United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Peterborough United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Peterborough United · Doncaster Rovers · League One predictions

Peterborough United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Peterborough United were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Patrick McCarthy opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Peterborough United's goal came from Harry Leonard (76'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Patrick McCarthy (54'), Patrick McCarthy (73') and Patrick McCarthy (79').

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

Going into the game Peterborough United were 17th on 53 points from 45 and Doncaster Rovers 15th on 57 points from 45. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.

Peterborough United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Doncaster Rovers (9.2), ahead of Alex Bass (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · H. MillsPeterborough United
  • 54'Goal · Patrick McCarthyDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Darren RobinsonDoncaster Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Sean GrehanDoncaster Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Patrick McCarthyDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Harry LeonardPeterborough United · 1-2
  • 79'Goal · Patrick McCarthyDoncaster Rovers · 1-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Elliot LeeDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Peterborough United 0, draws 1, Doncaster Rovers 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Sam HughesPeterborough United · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Bass, James Dornelly, Tom Lees, Lucca Mendonca, Harley Mills, Brandon Khela, Ben Woods, Bolu Shofowoke, Matthew Garbett, Kyrell Lisbie, Harry Leonard

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Jamie Sterry, Seán Grehan, Jay McGrath, Jack Senior, Owen Bailey, Darren Robinson, George Broadbent, Brandon Hanlan, Patrick McCarthy, Hakeeb Adelakun