Middlesbrough 0–4 Doncaster Rovers

MIDMiddlesbrough

0–4

Full Time

DNRDoncaster Rovers

Ben Close 11′ · assist Patrick McCarthy
Oyindamola Ajayi 23′
Robbie Gotts 84′ · assist Luke Molyneux
Thomas Nixon 90+6′

Tuesday 12 August at 19:30 · Riverside Stadium · Referee Matthew Corlett

Match stats

62%Possession38%

18Shots18

5Shots on target5

1Big chances2

7Corners2

614Passes

Line-ups

Middlesbrough3-4-2-14-2-3-1Doncaster Rovers

Next meetingDoncaster Rovers v MiddlesbroughTue 25 Aug

Previous meetings · last 5

3

Middlesbrough

2

Draws

0

Doncaster Rovers

373

85%Pass accuracy76%

16Tackles13

7Interceptions9

1Saves5

13Fouls16

4Offsides0

1Yellow cards3

How it happened

11′Ben Close · assist Patrick McCarthy · away
23′Oyindamola Ajayi · away
27′Abdoulaye Kanté · home
47′Jay McGrath · away
60′Dael Fry on for George McCormick · home
60′Sean Grehan · away
61′Hayden Hackney on for Tommy Conway · home
61′Aidan Morris on for Abdoulaye Kanté · home
65′Owen Bailey on for Joe Sbarra · away
65′G. Middleton on for Jordan Gibson · away
65′Luke Molyneux on for Oyindamola Ajayi · away
70′Joe Ironside on for Patrick McCarthy · away
78′Micah Hamilton on for Law McCabe · home
78′Marcus Forss on for Luke Ayling · home
78′Connor O'Riordan on for Jay McGrath · away
83′Ben Close · away
84′Robbie Gotts · assist Luke Molyneux · away
90+6′Thomas Nixon · away

MIDMiddlesbrough3-4-2-1

23Tom Glover
12Luke Ayling▾ 78′ (Forss on)
5Alfie Jones
30Neto Borges
2Callum Brittain
42Abdoulaye Kanté▾ 61′ (Morris on)
28Law McCabe▾ 78′ (Hamilton on)
40George McCormick▾ 60′ (Fry on)
11Morgan Whittaker
10Delano Burgzorg
9Tommy Conway▾ 61′ (Hackney on)

6Dael Fry▴ 60′ for McCormick

7Hayden Hackney▴ 61′ for Conway

17Micah Hamilton▴ 78′ for McCabe

18Aidan Morris▴ 61′ for Kanté

21Marcus Forss▴ 78′ for Ayling

Bench: Dan Barlaser, Alex Gilbert, Sol Brynn, Sonny Finch

DNRDoncaster Rovers4-2-3-1

1Ian Lawlor
16Thomas Nixon
27Sean Grehan
6Jay McGrath▾ 78′ (O'Riordan on)
23Jack Senior
22Robbie Gotts
33Ben Close
19Oyindamola Ajayi

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Middlesbrough

May 2011Middlesbrough3–0Doncaster Rovers

We go again

▾ 65′ (Molyneux on)

10Joe Sbarra▾ 65′ (Bailey on)

11Jordan Gibson▾ 65′ (Middleton on)

14Patrick McCarthyA▾ 70′ (Ironside on)

4Owen Bailey▴ 65′ for Sbarra

7Luke MolyneuxA▴ 65′ for Ajayi

12Connor O'Riordan▴ 78′ for McGrath

17G. Middleton▴ 65′ for Gibson

20Joe Ironside▴ 70′ for McCarthy

Bench: James Maxwell, Charlie Crew, Zain Westbrooke, Thimothee Lo-Tutala