Fulham 2-1 Doncaster Rovers (2014-15 League Cup 3rd Round)

Tue 23 Sept 2014 20:00	Fulham	(2) 2-1 (0)	Doncaster Rovers	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Ruiz  16' Burn  32'	Report	Coppinger  60' Robinson  79' (saved)

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 40 Marcus Bettinelli 10' DR 2 Tim Hoogland DC 6 Nikolay Bodurov 80' DC 33 Dan Burn (c) 90+6' DL 5 Fernando Amorebieta 69' MRC 21 Lasse Vigen Christensen MC 28 Emerson Hyndman MLC 3 Kostas Stafylidis 72' FR 30 Bryan Ruiz 81' ST 20 Hugo Rodallega FL 44 Ross McCormack Substitutes: GK 1 Gábor Király DF 32 Sean Kavanagh 69' MF 8 Scott Parker 72' MF 14 Patrick Roberts MF 27 George Williams 81' MF 30 Chris David FW 16 Cauley Woodrow Manager: Kit Symons (Caretaker)

DONCASTER ROVERS (4-2-3-1) GK 30 Jed Steer DR 15 Liam Wakefield 89' DC 22 Reece Wabara DC 12 Luke McCullough DL 3 Cedric Evina DM 19 Richie Wellens 46' DM 18 Paul Keegan AMR 26 James Coppinger (c) AMC 4 Dean Furman AML 23 Kyle Bennett 46' ST 14 Nathan Tyson Substitutes: GK 13 Marko Marosi DF 6 Jamie McCombe 89' MF 10 Harry Forrester 46' MF 21 Marc de Val MF 30 Ben Askins MF 35 Lewis Ferguson FW 9 Theo Robinson 46' Manager: Paul Dickov

Assistant referees: Mike Mullarkey Constantine Hatzidakis Fourth official: Carl Berry Previous Meeting: Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Fulham (1996-97 Third Division) (19 Apr 1997) Following Meeting: n/a Trivia This was the first meeting between the two sides in 17 years Dan Burn becomes one of Fulham's youngest ever captains at the age of 22 years & 137 days Bryan Ruiz scores his first goal for Fulham in 12 months Statistics Fulham Doncaster Rovers Possession 54% 46% Shots on target 5 3 Shots off target 1 5 Corner kicks 4 3 Fouls conceded 12 3 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 3 0 Red cards 0 0 Images 1-0: After Hugo Rodallega's knock down, Bryan Ruiz finishes well into the top left corner from just inside the box 2-0: Ross McCormack whipped in a great cross from the left following a short corner, which found skipper Dan Burn who headed in his first goal for the club 2-1: Doncaster captain James Coppinger gets his side back in the match on the hour mark with a great finish, after cutting in from the left onto his right foot Marcus Bettinelli pulls off a good save from a penalty kick to prevent Doncaster drawing level Highlights 2014-15 season Pre-season: East Fife (a) • Rangers (a) • Motherwell (a) • Crawley (a) • DC United (n) • Çaykur Rizespor (n) Additional friendlies: Saudi Arabia (h) • Cardiff XI (h) • West Ham XI (a) Championship: Ipswich (a) • Millwall (h) • Wolves (h) • Derby (a) • Cardiff (h) • Reading (a) • Nottm Forest (a) • Blackburn (h) • Birmingham (a) • Bolton (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Norwich (h) • Rotherham (a) • Charlton (h) • Wigan (a) • Blackpool (h) • Huddersfield (h) • Brentford (a) • Brighton (a) • Watford (h) • Leeds (a) • Sheff Wed (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Brighton (h) • Cardiff (a) • Reading (h) • Nottm Forest (h) • Blackburn (a) • Birmingham (h) • Bolton (a) • Ipswich (h) • Millwall (a) • Wolves (a) • Derby (h) • Watford (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Leeds (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Brentford (h) • Charlton (a) • Wigan (h) • Rotherham (h) • Blackpool (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Norwich (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Wolves (h) • Replay: Wolves (a) • 4th round: Sunderland (a) • Replay: Sunderland (h) League Cup: 2nd round: Brentford (a) • 3rd round: Doncaster (h) • 4th round: Derby (h)