DONCASTER. Bradford City overcomes Doncaster Rovers 1-0 after A. Cook scored just 1 goal (71′).

The match was played at the The Keepmoat Stadium stadium in Doncaster on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Sam Purkiss who was helped by Chris Isherwood and Mark Cunliffe. The 4th official was Robert Atkin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Doncaster Rovers was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Bradford City that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bradford City was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bradford City won the match.​

Doncaster Rovers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Bradford City shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Joseph Olowu and Kyle Hurst). On the other side, Bradford City received 4 yellow cards (Jamie Walker , Adam Clayton, D. Costelloe and Richard Smallwood ).

Standings

After this match, Doncaster Rovers will stay with 46 points to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Bradford City will have 48 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Doncaster Rovers will play away with Stevenage on the 18th of April with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Doncaster Rovers (1 draw).

Bradford City will play away agasint Swindon Town on the 18th of April with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Swindon Town (6 draws).

Doncaster Rovers – Formation

Doncaster Rovers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Danny Schofield decided to play with the following team: Jonathan Mitchell (7.1), Joseph Olowu (6.3), Tom Anderson (7.2), Benjamin Nelson (7.3), Tommy Rowe (6.4), Harrison Biggins (7.0), Ben Close (6.8), James Brown (6.4), Charlie Lakin (6.6), Kyle Hurst (6.4) and George Miller (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jake Oram, Adam Long, Aidan Barlow, Charlie Seaman, Todd Miller, Caolan Lavery (6.2) and Luke Molyneux (6.7).

Substitutions

Doncaster Rovers made 3 changes: Harrison Biggins for Luke Molyneux (70′), Joseph Olowu for Caolan Lavery (82′) and Kyle Hurst for Todd Miller (88′).

Best player: Benjamin Nelson​

The most impressive player for Doncaster Rovers was Benjamin Nelson.

His rating is (7.3) with 45 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14.

Bradford City – Formation

Bradford City started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Mark Hughes played with: Harry Lewis (7.6), Brad Halliday (7.2), Matthew Platt (7.2), Sam Stubbs (7.5), Liam Ridehalgh (7.1), Alex Gilliead (6.7), Adam Clayton (7.9), Richard Smallwood (7.3), Jamie Walker (7.0), Andy Cook (7.5) and Dara Costelloe (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Colin Doyle, Romoney Crichlow-Noble, Ciaran Kelly, Harrison Chapman, Emmanuel Osadebe, Scott Banks and Ryan East.

Substitutions

Bradford City made only 1 change substituting D. Costelloe for Emmanuel Osadebe (88′)​.

Best player: Adam Clayton​

The most impressive player for Bradford City was Adam Clayton even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 50 passes (62% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Doncaster Rovers – Bradford City – 0-1
• Swindon Town – Harrogate Town – 3-0
• Crawley Town – Carlisle United – 2-5
• Stevenage – Tranmere Rovers – 0-1
• Newport County – Sutton United – 0-2
• Mansfield Town – Salford City – 2-5
• Hartlepool United – Walsall – 3-3
• Grimsby Town – Leyton Orient – 2-2
• Gillingham – AFC Wimbledon – 2-1
• Crewe Alexandra – Rochdale – 1-1
• Colchester United – Northampton Town – 0-1
• Barrow – Stockport County – 1-0