DONCASTER. Doncaster Rovers overcame Cheltenham Town. Doncaster Rovers took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

L. Sercombe missed a decisive penalty (62′). That would have allowed Cheltenham Town to draw the match.​

The match was played at the The Keepmoat Stadium stadium in Doncaster on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Neil Hair who had the assistance of Daniel Woodward and Alan Clayton. The 4th official was Connor Brown. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Doncaster Rovers was in firm control of the ball 56% while Cheltenham Town was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cheltenham Town was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Doncaster Rovers was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Doncaster Rovers shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cheltenham Town shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card (P. Dahlberg). On the opposite side, Cheltenham Town didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Doncaster Rovers will have 10 points to stay in the 23rd place. On the other side, Cheltenham Town will stay with 18 points to stay in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Doncaster Rovers will play away with Charlton Athletic on the 30th of October with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Charlton Athletic (2 draws).

Cheltenham Town will host Sheffield Wednesday on the 30th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Doncaster Rovers – Formation

Doncaster Rovers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Richard Wellens decided to play with the following team: Pontus Dahlberg (7.3), Tom Anderson (7.4), Ro-Shaun Williams (6.4), Joseph Olowu (6.1), Ethan Galbraith (7.2), Ben Close (7.1), John Bostock (7.8), Tommy Rowe (6.4), Rodrigo Vilca (7.4), Joe Dodoo (7.2) and Jordy Hiwula (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: L. Hasani, Matthew Smith (6.8), B. Horton, Tiago Cukur (6.4), L. Jones, A. Barlow and D. Gardner.

Doncaster Rovers could not rely on the presence of M. Smith (injured).

Substitutions

Doncaster Rovers made 3 changes: T. Rowe for M. Smith (8′), R. Vilca for T. Cukur (80′) and J. Hiwula for A. Barlow (90′).

Best player: John Bostock​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Doncaster Rovers was John Bostock even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 59 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Cheltenham Town – Formation

Cheltenham Town started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Talking about the opposition, Michael Duff played with: Scott Flinders (6.3), Matty Blair (6.7), Matthew Pollock (6.8), Sean Long (6.7), Chris Hussey (7.3), Liam Sercombe (6.4), Conor Thomas (5.9), Ellis Chapman (6.8), Daniel Crowley (6.0), Kyle Vassell (6.3) and Kyle Joseph (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: O. Evans, G. Horton, Christian Norton (6.2), L. Freestone, Alfie May (6.9), Andy Williams (7.6) and D. Barkers.

Substitutions

Cheltenham Town made 3 changes: C. Thomas for C. Norton (54′), D. Crowley for A. May (54′) and K. Vassell for A. Williams (81′).

Best player: Andy Williams​

The most impressive player for Cheltenham Town was Andy Williams.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 6 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 81′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• AFC Wimbledon – Wigan Athletic – 0-2
• Accrington Stanley – Portsmouth – 2-2
• Bolton Wanderers – Gillingham – 2-2
• Burton Albion – Oxford United – 1-3
• Doncaster Rovers – Cheltenham Town – 3-2
• Ipswich Town – Fleetwood Town – 2-1
• Milton Keynes Dons – Rotherham United – 0-3
• Morecambe – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1
• Sheffield Wednesday – Lincoln City – 1-1
• Shrewsbury Town – Cambridge United – 4-1
• Sunderland – Charlton Athletic – 0-1
• Wycombe Wanderers – Crewe Alexandra – 2-1