Match ends, Doncaster Rovers 2, Swindon Town 1.
DoncasterDoncaster Rovers2SwindonSwindon Town1
Reece James scored twice as Doncaster picked up a third straight league victory by beating Swindon.
Diallang Jaiyesimi grabbed a late penalty for Swindon, who rallied late on but fell to a fourth successive defeat.
It was an open start to the game and Jonny Smith missed a glorious opportunity to put the Robins ahead on the half hour when he fired over the bar from a good position.
Doncaster began to take control and Danny Amos drew a superb save from Manchester United loanee Matej Kovar with a curling effort from 25 yards before the goalkeeper got in the way of a James Coppinger effort on the stroke of half-time.
But Rovers did break the deadlock after 47 minutes. Mere seconds after Swindon saw a penalty claim turned down, Josh Sims fed a ball into the box which rolled through to James who rifled past Kovar.
Doncaster doubled their advantage after 72 minutes when James collected a long pass from Ben Whiteman and fired home.
Jaiyesimi fired in from the spot after he was fouled by Andy Butler but it was the last act of the game.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Doncaster
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 15Lumley
- 2Halliday
- 4Anderson
- 21Butler
- 16Amos
- 14SmithSubstituted forJohnat 73'minutes
- 8Whiteman
- 20SimsSubstituted forTaylorat 60'minutes
- 26CoppingerSubstituted forRichardsat 60'minutes
- 3James
- 19John-JulesSubstituted forOkenabirhieat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Okenabirhie
- 10Lokilo
- 11Taylor
- 13Jones
- 17Richards
- 24John
- 29Hasani
Swindon
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Kovar
- 16Odimayo
- 6Baudry
- 3FryersBooked at 52mins
- 5GroundsBooked at 50mins
- 15Smith
- 4ConroyBooked at 40minsSubstituted forSmithat 79'minutes
- 18Payne
- 11Smith
- 7Jaiyesimi
- 45HopeSubstituted forStevensat 59'minutesBooked at 88mins
Substitutes
- 2Caddis
- 8Pitman
- 9Smith
- 21Curran
- 22Stevens
- 25Fryer
- 42Grant
- Referee:
- Paul Howard
Match Stats
Home TeamDoncasterAway TeamSwindon
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home16
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home5
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Doncaster Rovers 2, Swindon Town 1.
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Goal! Doncaster Rovers 2, Swindon Town 1. Diallang Jaiyesimi (Swindon Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
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Penalty conceded by Tom Anderson (Doncaster Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty Swindon Town. Diallang Jaiyesimi draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Foul by Fejiri Okenabirhie (Doncaster Rovers).
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Akinwale Odimayo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Diallang Jaiyesimi (Swindon Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Stevens.
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Brad Halliday.
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Foul by Taylor Richards (Doncaster Rovers).
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Jack Payne (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Taylor Richards (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matthew Smith (Swindon Town).
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Attempt missed. Jon Taylor (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Danny Amos with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Fejiri Okenabirhie (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reece James.
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Attempt missed. Taylor Richards (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Reece James.
Booking
Jordan Stevens (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jon Taylor (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jordan Stevens (Swindon Town).
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Foul by Fejiri Okenabirhie (Doncaster Rovers).
