Match ends, Doncaster Rovers 0, MK Dons 0.
DoncasterDoncaster Rovers0MK DonsMilton Keynes Dons0
Doncaster kept a clean sheet for the first time in six league games to hold MK Dons to a draw at the Keepmoat.
The visitors had the better of the game, with Will Grigg hitting a post and Benik Afobe having a lob cleared off the line.
Darren Potter, Ben Reeves and Dean Lewington also threatened for MK Dons, who were rarely troubled defensively.
Doncaster's best efforts came from Harry Forrester and Paul Keegan, who both had shots saved.
Doncaster Rovers manager Paul Dickov told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"I'm a little bit disappointed we didn't win. I thought apart from a five minute spell at the end of the first half we were by far the better team.
"We changed our shape a little bit today. They're an expansive football team and we stopped them playing.
"The effort and desire from the players was fantastic."
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"We're very strong where we are with two games in hand. We just want to keep picking up points, especially at the start of the season.
"There's many positives. There's one or two negatives - I'm not going to say it's all rosy - we can certainly get better.
"Some of the set pieces were poor. We work on them but I think our quality of delivery was poor.
"We've really improved, we're scoring more goals., we're conceding less. We want to keep doing that, we want to keep moving forward and keep improving."
Line-ups
Doncaster
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Steer
- 22Wabara
- 12McCullough
- 16ButlerBooked at 38mins
- 3Evina
- 23Bennett
- 19Wellens
- 18KeeganBooked at 74mins
- 10Forrester
- 11MainSubstituted forRobinsonat 62'minutes
- 14TysonBooked at 83mins
Substitutes
- 4Furman
- 6McCombe
- 9Robinson
- 13Marosi
- 15Wakefield
- 21De Val Fernandez
- 32Whitehouse
MK Dons
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Martin
- 12Spence
- 4FlanaganBooked at 51mins
- 6Kay
- 3Lewington
- 8PotterBooked at 42mins
- 14AlliBooked at 33mins
- 22CarruthersSubstituted forBakerat 71'minutes
- 10ReevesSubstituted forRandallat 90+4'minutes
- 17Powell
- 11GriggSubstituted forAfobeat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Baker
- 15Randall
- 16McLoughlin
- 19Hitchcock
- 20Rasulo
- 23Afobe
- 25Hickford
- Referee:
- Darren Handley
- Attendance:
- 5,976
Match Stats
Home TeamDoncasterAway TeamMK Dons
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away6
- Corners
- Home5
- Away10
- Fouls
- Home16
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Doncaster Rovers 0, MK Dons 0.
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Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Carl Baker.
Substitution
Substitution, MK Dons. Mark Randall replaces Ben Reeves.
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Attempt missed. Carl Baker (MK Dons) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt blocked. Benik Afobe (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Andy Butler.
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Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Jed Steer.
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Attempt saved. Dele Alli (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Foul by Nathan Tyson (Doncaster Rovers).
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Darren Potter (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Cedric Evina (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Benik Afobe (MK Dons).
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Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Nathan Tyson (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Nathan Tyson (Doncaster Rovers).
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Dele Alli (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Benik Afobe (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Paul Keegan (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Benik Afobe (MK Dons).