Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Doncaster Rovers vs Northampton Town
18 Oct 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
John BusbyLeague One 2025/2026 · 3 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Doncaster RoversMin
Northampton Town- ⚽
Ben Close 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Owen Bailey
Left foot shot
36′ - 46′⇄
Jordan Willis
Substitution
Off: C. McCarthy
- 47′⚽
Ethan Wheatley 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Dean Campbell
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Connor O'Riordan
Substitution
Off: Matthew Pearson
52′ G. Middleton
Yellowcard
Foul
55′- 67′⚽
Sam Hoskins 1-2
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 69′⇄
Michael Jacobs
Substitution
Off: Kamarai Swyer
- ⇄
Jordan Gibson
Substitution
Off: Robbie Gotts
71′ - ⇄
Luke Molyneux
Substitution
Off: Jay McGrath
71′ - ⇄
Toyosi Olusanya
Substitution
Off: Oyindamola Ajayi
71′ - ⇄
Jack Senior
Substitution
Off: James Maxwell
71′ - 76′⇄
Joe Wormleighton
Substitution
Off: Ethan Wheatley
- 81′
Tyrese Fornah
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- 81′
Northampton Town
Yellowcard
- 86′•
Sam Hoskins
Missed Penalty
- 90+6′⇄
Jack Perkins
Substitution
Off: Tyrese Fornah
- 90+7′⇄
Kyle Edwards
Substitution
Off: Sam Hoskins
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 6.50 | |
| 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.73 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.38 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.27 | |
| 71 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.94 | |
| 71 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.76 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.91 | |
| 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 19 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.64 | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Doncaster Rovers
Latest: Burton Albion · 1–1
Match stats
4 Oct 2025, 12:30 · Home vs Burton Albion · 2025/2026
Northampton Town
Latest: Port Vale · 0–0
Match stats
4 Oct 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Port Vale · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Doncaster Rovers’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Doncaster Rovers’s home games with Northampton Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Doncaster Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Northampton Town
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Doncaster Rovers
Northampton Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Doncaster Rovers
Northampton Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Doncaster Rovers
Northampton Town
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.