The story of how below-par Doncaster Rovers slipped to defeat against Hartlepool United

You have to say the hosts probably deserved it on the balance of play. Had Doncaster grabbed a winner, it would have felt like a robbery.

The equaliser was a little underserved, you might say. An off night hopefully. Onto a big one Saturday.

Sub Wes McDonald dances past a few challenges and fires home. Good finish, but poor defending. Again. Four to go.

He prevents a goalbound Hartlepool strike hitting the back of the net with a sliding block. Where would Doncaster be if it wasn’t for him tonight?

Rovers looking a little shaky now as an increasingly desperate Hartlepool pile on the pressure. Six minutes of normal time left.

Deservedly so after hacking down a Hartlepool player to prevent him from getting a cross into the box. Hosts coming back into this now with about ten to go.

Incredible quarterback pass from Clayton finds the run of Biggins perfectly but he fires wide from inside the box. Would have been a goal of the season contender.

A few more groans from the home fans in front of us since the goal. This could be 12 games without a win for them.

Donny have been on top for a while now.

4,296 with 600 away fans, who to their credit have been a highlight. Phenomenal effort and they haven’t had too much to cheer until the goal.

Rovers could do with his quality on the ball. They have barely got hold of it all night.

He replaces Kyle Knoyle.

Bobby Faulkner ends up on his backside but this time it’s not from a sliding tackle. Ball comes back out from a corner and he fires it in low on the turn. Whether it was fully intended, who knows? Who cares?

‘He’s one of our own’ rings out from the away end. He’s given his side a good opportunity to take something back to South Yorkshire here.

Ball comes into the box and Agard shields it for Biggins to shoot. It looks like a bad miss but apparently it took a deflection.

Clarke Odour and Jack Hamilton make way for Wes McDonald and Jake Hastie.

May have missed this update: Adam Long and Kieran Agard replaced James Maxwell and Charlie Seaman at the break.

Molyneux has just fired a free-kick wide of the post.

Bliey what a chance. Agard is played through one-on-one following a counter attack but can’t beat Ben Killip from inside the area. You would have backed him to finish there. Perhaps took one too many touches before the shot.

Clayton loops one into Molyneux’s path, he beats his man and gets away toward the byline before whipping a cross across goal. The ball evades everyone but comes back out to Clayton, who tries a volley on the stretch which goes over.

Doncaster starting to get a foothold here. Thirty minutes left.

A poor ball from a Hartlepool defender gives Molyneux a chance to run into space. His ball is poor but finds its way out to Kyle Knoyle on the other side of the box, who floats a cross into Griffiths. The striker can’t escape the attentions of a home defender and nods into the side netting.

He catches the ball nicely on the half volley but Killip collects low. Decent effort.

Hartlepool then go up the other end and Callum Cooke fires over after dancing past several challenges in the box.

Better from Rovers who make use of two strikers. Griffiths finds Agard and his shot is deflected wide. Resultant corner cleared by Donny have picked up the tempo here. Fans behind the goal are behind them and making some good noise.

A good half for the hosts. As for the visitors? Must do better. Think it took them until the 45th minute to test Ben Killip in the home goal.

Not much quality in this one so far and a mistake from Maxwell has proved the difference.