Grimsby Town vs Doncaster Rovers

17 February 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee Thomas Kirk

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–2

Danny Rose 19’ (pen)

Luke Molyneux 6’
Joe Ironside 8’
Niall Maher 51’ (og)
Matthew Craig 72’
Kyle Hurst 82’

Match summary

Doncaster Rovers won comfortably, 5-1 away at Grimsby Town. Doncaster Rovers led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Luke Molyneux put Doncaster Rovers ahead in the 6th minute, Joe Ironside made it 0-2 in the 8th minute, and Danny Rose pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 19th minute. In the second half, Maher's own goal made it 1-3 in the 51st minute, Matthew Craig made it 1-4 in the 72nd minute, and Kyle Hurst made it 1-5 in the 82nd minute.

Shots finished 12-9 to Grimsby Town, with 4 on target for Grimsby Town and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.

Match stats

12 Shots 9

4 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Grimsby Town Doncaster Rovers

Kick-off

6’

Luke Molyneux

0-1

8’

Joe Ironside

0-2

Danny Rose
Penalty

1-2

19’

Half-time1-2

51’

Niall Maher
Own goal

1-3

72’

Matthew Craig

1-4

82’

Kyle Hurst

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Grimsby Town

Liam Smith
Harry Clifton

Doncaster Rovers

Jamie Sterry
Owen Bailey
Matthew Craig

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Doncaster Rovers attacking Grimsby Town attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players15 players


Harvey Cartwright	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Smith	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Doug Tharme	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Niall Maher	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Denver Hume	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Clifton	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–
Kieran Green Taken off	77′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jamie Andrews Taken off	57′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charles Vernam Taken off	70′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Danny Rose	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Abo Eisa Taken off	70′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Justin Obikwu Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rekeil Pyke Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Donovan Wilson Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gavan Holohan Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Thimothee Lo-Tutala	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Sterry	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Anderson	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Richard Wood	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Maxwell	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Owen Bailey Taken off	74′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Matthew Craig Taken off	74′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Luke Molyneux Taken off	65′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Harrison Biggins Taken off	65′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Hakeeb Adelakun Taken off	83′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Joe Ironside	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kyle Hurst Came on as a substitute	25′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Billy Waters Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tommy Rowe Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Broadbent Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Nixon Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Grimsby Town win 46% Avg odds 2.04

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.58

Doncaster Rovers win 28% Avg odds 3.34

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

Form going into the game

Grimsby Town L D L D L

Doncaster Rovers L L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Grimsby Town, 28 Oct 23 Next meeting: Grimsby Town 0-3 Doncaster Rovers, 05 Oct 24 All Grimsby Town vs Doncaster Rovers meetings

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.