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Doncaster Rovers vs Cardiff City
28 Feb 2026, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Edward DuckworthLeague One 2025/2026 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Doncaster RoversMin
Cardiff City- 26′⚽
Alex Robertson 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Dylan Lawlor
Left foot shot
Robbie Gotts
Yellowcard
Foul
45+1′- 46′⚽
Dylan Lawlor 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Perry Ng
Right foot shot
- 56′⚽
Cian Ashford 0-3
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Rubin Colwill
Left foot shot
- ⇄
George Broadbent
Substitution
Off: Neill Byrne
58′ - ⇄
Ben Close
Substitution
Off: Jay McGrath
58′ - 61′⇄
Will Fish
Substitution
Off: Dylan Lawlor
- ⇄
Elliot Lee
Substitution
Off: Robbie Gotts
64′ - 74′⇄
Ronan Kpakio
Substitution
Off: Perry Ng
- 74′⇄
Callum Robinson
Substitution
Off: Rubin Colwill
- 74′⇄
Calum Scanlon
Substitution
Off: Joel Bagan
- ⇄
Jordan Gibson
Substitution
Off: G. Middleton
75′ - ⇄
Patrick McCarthy
Substitution
Off: B. Hanlan
75′ George Broadbent
Yellowcard
Foul
77′- 80′⇄
Chris Willock
Substitution
Off: Ollie Tanner
- 90+5′⚽
Callum Robinson 0-4
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 5.80 | |
| 58 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.19 | |
| 58 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.04 | |
| 64 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | 6.32 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.12 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.59 | |
| 75 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.46 | |
| 75 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.27 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.46 | |
| 15 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.59 | |
| 15 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.57 | |
| 26 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.58 | |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.72 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Doncaster Rovers
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Cardiff City
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Doncaster Rovers’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Doncaster Rovers’s home games with Cardiff City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Doncaster Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Cardiff City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Doncaster Rovers
Cardiff City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Doncaster Rovers
Cardiff City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Doncaster Rovers
Cardiff City
Previous meetings
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