Portsmouth 2-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 February 2018

Result

Portsmouth 2-2 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Portsmouth · Doncaster Rovers · League One predictions

Portsmouth 2-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Portsmouth drew with Doncaster Rovers 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 3 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

James Coppinger opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Anton Walkes (19') and Juan Carlos León (81'). Doncaster Rovers scored through James Coppinger (4') and John Marquis (63').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 42 points from 29 and Doncaster Rovers 14th on 37 points from 30. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Doncaster Rovers 15th with 56.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Doncaster Rovers's L-D-D-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · James CoppingerDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Anton WalkesPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 45+3'Yellow card · D. DonohuePortsmouth
  • 45+3'Yellow card · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers
  • 63'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tom AndersonDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 4.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Stephen Henderson, Anton Walkes, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Matty Kennedy, Connor Ronan, Gareth Evans, Ben Close

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Ian Lawlor, Tommy Rowe, Tom Anderson, Tyler Garratt, Andy Boyle, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, Alfie Beestin, James Coppinger, John Marquis