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Doncaster Rovers vs Rotherham United
30 Aug 2025, 12:30 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Elliot BellLeague One 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Doncaster RoversMin
Rotherham United- 12′
Kion Etete
Yellowcard
Argument
- ⚽
Owen Bailey 1-0
Goal · Header
With: James Maxwell
Header
25′ - 46′⇄
Marvin Kaleta
Substitution
Off: Martin Sherif
- ⇄
Oyindamola Ajayi
Substitution
Off: Jordan Gibson
69′ - ⇄
Ben Close
Substitution
Off: Harry Clifton
69′ - 71′⇄
Jamal Baptiste
Substitution
Off: Zak Jules
- 71′⇄
Jordan Hugill
Substitution
Off: Joe Rafferty
George Broadbent
Yellowcard
Foul
73′- ⇄
B. Hanlan
Substitution
Off: Patrick McCarthy
84′ - ⇄
Jay McGrath
Substitution
Off: G. Middleton
84′ Oyindamola Ajayi
Yellowcard
Foul
85′- ⇄
Jack Senior
Substitution
Off: James Maxwell
85′ Jack Senior
Yellowcard
Time wasting
87′- 90′⇄
Ciaran McGuckin
Substitution
Off: Kion Etete
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 | 7.33 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.87 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.36 | |
| 85 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 7.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.93 | |
| 84 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.43 | |
| 69 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.49 | |
| 69 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.71 | |
| 84 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.79 | |
| 21 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.66 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.35 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.56 |
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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: Wycombe Wanderers · 1–1
Match stats
16 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Wycombe Wanderers · 2025/2026
Rotherham United
Latest: Cardiff City · 0–3
Match stats
16 Aug 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Cardiff City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Doncaster Rovers’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Doncaster Rovers’s home games with Rotherham United’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
Rotherham United
Goals
Assists
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
Rotherham United
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United
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
Rotherham United
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.