29/11/2025
29/11/2025
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Eco-Power Stadium

Doncaster Rovers

Posh head to the Eco-Power Stadium to face Doncaster Rovers in Sky Bet League One action on Saturday (3pm).

Peterborough United make the trip to the Eco-Power Stadium to face Grant McCann's Doncaster Rovers on Saturday looking to bounce back from their first defeat under manager Luke Williams.

Stevenage moved to the top of the table with a 1-0 victory at the Weston Homes Stadium on Tuesday evening - the only goal of the game coming from the penalty spot meaning Posh have yet to concede from open play under their new boss. 

Doncaster drew 0-0 with Stevenage last time out and are generally playing better than their results suggest after a recent slump in form following a bright start to the campaign. 

TEAM NEWS

Posh remain without the services of Rio Adebisi, Sam Hughes, George Nevett and Cian Hayes due to injury, but there were no fresh injury worries from the defeat to Stevenage.

Matty Pearson is expected to miss out for Rovers, but they are unlikely to make wholesale changes to their side following the hard-fought goalless draw at the Lamex Stadium last Saturday.

ONE TO WATCH

Billy Sharp

Sharp's 258 league goals makes him top for goal-scorers in the top four leagues in English football. He is renowned for his exploits as a poacher across English football. He has also spent most of his career in the Yorkshire region, spending time at Scunthorpe, Hull, Leeds and famously Sheffield United. Sharp (pictured below) is now in his fourth spell at Rovers, after an initial signing on loan in 2009 before joining permanently in 2010. A second loan spell came in 2014 before a transfer in 2024 after leaving Hull City. After 57 goals so far within these four spells, Sharp will always want to score more.

Doncaster Rovers' Billy Sharp

MANAGER QUOTES

"Doncaster are a very solid, well organised League One team. Sometimes you approach a game and you will look at the opposition and their main focus might be on defending or it might be attacking. Doncaster are pretty equal, they want to score goals and cause you problems at the top end of the pitch, but they are also difficult to score against at the other end," Luke Williams said.

TICKET NEWS

Tickets are now off sale in advance for the game, but supporters are able to pay on the day at the Eco-Power Stadium. Around 1,800 tickets were sold in advance. 

KIT COLOURS

Posh will be in the home kit for the game with Rovers. You can buy the kit here

MATCH OFFICIAL

Ollie Yates is the match referee.

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Action between Posh and Doncaster Rovers

A second half strike from Harry Leonard was not enough as Posh suffered a 2-1 defeat to Doncaster Rovers at the Eco-Power Stadium.

Peterborough United suffered a second successive defeat as Grant McCann's Doncaster Rovers claimed all three points following a 2-1 victory with Posh giving themselves a mountain to climb by falling 2-0 down before the interval. 

It was Jordan Gibson who did the damage, scoring twice from almost identical positions and despite a second half deflected effort from Harry Leonard, it was not enough to help secure any points on the road. 

On a wet afternoon, it was the hosts who started the brighter with GIBSON opening the scoring on seven minutes, taking advantage of space at the back post to fire past Alex Bass. 

Archie Collins was denied an eighth goal for the club by a sprawling save from Lo-Tutala on 18 minutes and Kyrell Lisbie had the ball in the net four minutes later after a flowing move, but the offside flag curtailed his celebrations.

Two minutes later, the hosts were 2-0 up as GIBSON slotted the ball through the legs of Bass from close-range after a right-wing centre. 

There was a flurry of bookings before the break, mainly for the hosts as the half ended scrappily. Posh made two changes at the break and got an immediate impact with Declan Frith denied by the legs of the keeper.

On 50 minutes, Posh pulled one back as fellow substitute Harry LEONARD'S shot on the turn appeared to take a deflection and found the back of the net. On 56 minutes, Bass produced a superb save at full stretch to keep out a low effort from Hanlan, which was arrowing into the bottom corner.

Leonard headed a Matt Garbett cross over the bar and then Lo-Tutala kept out an effort from Garbett from the edge of the box. On 66 minutes, it was nearly 3-1 as Billy Sharp raced clear but he fired wide of the target with only Bass to beat.

Garbett was inches away from the leveller on 68 minutes after a fine curling effort from 25-yards and also saw a goalbound effort blocked as Posh pushed, but unfortunately there was no late equaliser.

Doncaster: Lo-Tutala, Sterry, Maxwell, Bailey, McGrath, Molyneux (sub Middleton 83min), Broadbent, Hanlan (sub Sharp 59min), Gibson (sub Grehan 71min), O’Riordan, Clifton (sub Gotts 59min). Unused subs: Lawlor, Nixon, Crew, Gotts.

Posh: Bass, Collins, Khela (sub Frith 46min), Lees, Woods, Lisbie (sub Lindgren 70min), Mills, Morgan (sub Leonard 46min), Garbett, O’Connor, Kioso. Unused subs: Reyes, Johnston, O’Brien-Brady, Okagbue.

Half-time: Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Peterborough United
Full-time: Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Peterborough United
Attendance: 9,654 
Referee: Ollie Yates 

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