Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 September 2025
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 13 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Doncaster Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 13 September 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Dara Costelloe opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Dara Costelloe (11'), Matthew Smith (14') and Fraser Murray (50'). Doncaster Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 9 points from 7 and Doncaster Rovers 3rd on 16 points from 7. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Fox of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with Matthew Smith (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Dara Costelloe
- 14'Goal · Matthew Smith
- 43'Yellow card · Paul Mullin
- 50'Goal · Fraser Murray
- 69'Yellow card · Morgan Fox
- 76'Yellow card · Jack Senior
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-1-4-2)
Sam Tickle, Steven Sessegnon, Will Aimson, Morgan Fox, Matthew Smith, Fraser Murray, Ryan Trevitt, Callum Wright, Joseph Hungbo, Dara Costelloe, Paul Mullin
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Tom Nixon, Connor O'Riordan, Matty Pearson, James Maxwell, George Broadbent, Owen Bailey, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Jordan Gibson, Patrick McCarthy