Preston North End 0-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Preston North End 0-3 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Preston North End 0-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Preston North End lost to Doncaster Rovers 0-3 in the League One on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

D. Syers opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Preston North End did not score. Doncaster Rovers scored through D. Syers (1'), David Cotterill (30') and Billy Paynter (76', penalty).

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 31 points from 24 and Doncaster Rovers 4th on 43 points from 23. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Doncaster Rovers 1st with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · D. SyersDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · David CotterillDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · J. MonakanaPreston North End
  • 45'Yellow card · Rob JonesDoncaster Rovers
  • 45'Yellow card · John MousinhoPreston North End
  • 50'Yellow card · J. WelshPreston North End
  • 76'Penalty goal · Billy PaynterDoncaster Rovers · 0-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Preston North End expected line-up

Scott Laird, Chris Robertson, Bailey Wright, Jack King, John Welsh, Keith Keane, Nicky Wroe, Stuart Beavon

Doncaster Rovers expected line-up

Gary Woods, Tommy Spurr, Paul Quinn, Rob Jones, James Husband, James Harper, Kyle Bennett, Dave Syers, Paul Keegan, Iain Edward Hume, B. Paynter