Scunthorpe United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 March 2013

Result

Scunthorpe United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 23 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Scunthorpe United · Doncaster Rovers · League One predictions

Scunthorpe United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Doncaster Rovers 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 23 March 2013. The half-time score was 1-2.

Scunthorpe United's goals came from M. Duffy (41') and Karl Hawley (85'). Doncaster Rovers scored through an own goal by David Mirfin (5'), I. Hume (39') and Reece Brown (48').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 21st on 38 points from 38 and Doncaster Rovers 1st on 69 points from 38. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Doncaster Rovers 1st with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 2 draws and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Own goal · David MirfinDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Akpo SodjeScunthorpe United
  • 39'Goal · I. HumeDoncaster Rovers · 0-2
  • 41'Goal · M. DuffyScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 48'Goal · Reece BrownDoncaster Rovers · 1-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Andy BarchamScunthorpe United
  • 85'Goal · Karl HawleyScunthorpe United · 2-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Scunthorpe United 1, draws 2, Doncaster Rovers 4.

Team news

Scunthorpe United expected line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Tom Newey, Christian Ribeiro, Niall Canavan, Paul Reid, David Prutton, Josh Walker, Leon Clarke, Mark Duffy, Karl Hawley

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

Gary Woods, Tommy Spurr, Paul Quinn, Rob Jones, James Husband, Paul Keegan, James Harper, David Cotterill, B. Paynter, Iain Edward Hume