Doncaster Rovers vs Fleetwood Town

1 January 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee D Bourne

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Owen Bailey 44’
  • Billy Sharp 90+2’
  • Matthew Virtue-Thick 62’

Match summary

Doncaster Rovers beat Fleetwood Town 2-1, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Doncaster Rovers led 1-0 at half-time.

Owen Bailey put Doncaster Rovers ahead with a header in the 44th minute, Matthew Virtue-Thick equalised in the 62nd minute, and Billy Sharp won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 15-8 to Doncaster Rovers, with 6 on target for Doncaster Rovers and 3 for Fleetwood Town.

Match stats

Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town
15 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town
Kick-off
Owen Bailey1-0 (Doncaster Rovers)
44’
Half-time1-0
62’
Matthew Virtue-Thick1-1 (Fleetwood Town)
Billy Sharp2-1 (Doncaster Rovers)
90+2’
Full-time2-1

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fleetwood Town attacking Doncaster Rovers attacking 
7’ Joseph Olowu (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, saved 9’ Liam Shaw (Fleetwood Town), set piece, off target 14’ Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (Fleetwood Town), open play, off target 17’ Rhys Bennett (Fleetwood Town), from a corner, off target 20’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), direct free kick, off target 21’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 36’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 41’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 44’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), open play, goal 47’ Phoenix Patterson (Fleetwood Town), direct free kick, blocked 49’ Liam Shaw (Fleetwood Town), open play, off target 54’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ryan Graydon (Fleetwood Town), open play, saved 61’ James Bolton (Fleetwood Town), set piece, blocked 62’ Matthew Virtue-Thick (Fleetwood Town), open play, goal 64’ Jay McGrath (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 66’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 68’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 69’ James Maxwell (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 83’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 90+1’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, off target 90+2’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, goal 90+2’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), direct free kick, blocked 7’ Joseph Olowu (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, saved 9’ Liam Shaw (Fleetwood Town), set piece, off target 14’ Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (Fleetwood Town), open play, off target 17’ Rhys Bennett (Fleetwood Town), from a corner, off target 20’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), direct free kick, off target 21’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 36’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 41’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 44’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), open play, goal 47’ Phoenix Patterson (Fleetwood Town), direct free kick, blocked 49’ Liam Shaw (Fleetwood Town), open play, off target 54’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 58’ Ryan Graydon (Fleetwood Town), open play, saved 61’ James Bolton (Fleetwood Town), set piece, blocked 62’ Matthew Virtue-Thick (Fleetwood Town), open play, goal 64’ Jay McGrath (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 66’ Harry Clifton (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 68’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 69’ James Maxwell (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 83’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 90+1’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, off target 90+2’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, goal 90+2’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), direct free kick, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
George Broadbent Taken off
73′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Kyle Hurst Taken off
72′ – – 3 – – – –
Joe Ironside Taken off
73′ – – – – – – –
Joe Sbarra Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Patrick Kelly Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
Billy Sharp Came on as a substitute
17′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Doncaster Rovers win 55% Avg odds 1.69
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.77
Fleetwood Town win 20% Avg odds 4.66

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.