Sheffield United 1-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 October 2009

Result

Sheffield United 1-1 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 3 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Sheffield United · Doncaster Rovers · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 1-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Sheffield United drew with Doncaster Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

James Hayter opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Richard Cresswell (65'). Doncaster Rovers scored through James Hayter (44').

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 16 points from 10 and Doncaster Rovers 18th on 10 points from 10. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 8th with 65 points, and Doncaster Rovers 12th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · James HayterDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Gareth RobertsDoncaster Rovers
  • 65'Goal · Richard CresswellSheffield United · 1-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sheffield United 1, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge