FA Cup · 1/128-finals 
Our pick Home win Correct result
Kidderminster Harriers and Doncaster chase FA Cup progress
Kidderminster Harriers enter the first round after a league run of three draws and two defeats, while Doncaster have lost their most recent match. The National League side will look to turn home advantage into a path through the FA Cup tie.
📍 Aggborough
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Match report
Final result: Kidderminster Harriers 3-0 Doncaster.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 12–11; Shots on target: 4–3; Corners: 2–4.
Goals
- 22' Lewis Walker · Kidderminster Harriers
- 36' Maziar Kouhyar · Lewis Walker · Kidderminster Harriers
- 59' David Davis · Kidderminster Harriers
Cards
- 79' Robbie Gotts · Doncaster
- 90' Alfie May · Doncaster
Match stats
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Kidderminster Harriers
- 1Jack WintG
- 4C. HarriesD
- 3luet gilesD
- 6R. FaakyeD
- 8Ben CromptonD
- 20C. HargreavesM
- 26D. DavisM
- 29Maziar KouhyarF
- 9L. WalkerF
- 28Stewart
- 30Austine
Coach: P. Wotton
Doncaster
- 42J. ClarkeG
- 4O. BaileyD
- 12N. ByrneD
- 6J. McGrathD
- 16T. NixonD
- 23J. SeniorD
- 19J. ThomasM
- 15H. CliftonM
- 22R. GottsF
- 9B. HanlanF
- 10A. MayF
Coach: G. McCann
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Kidderminster Harriers | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Doncaster | 0.0 | 0.0 |
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Medium
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.63 – 0.85
- Double chance
- 1X · 81%12 74% · X2 45%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 45%Over 1.5: 71% · Over 3.5: 24%
- Both teams score
- 47%
- Clean sheet
- 43% – 20%Kidderminster Harriers–Doncaster
- Half-time result
- X · 43%1 40% · 2 17%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 34%X/1 19% · X/X 17%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
A cup route to seize
Kidderminster Harriers have drawn three and lost two of their last five league games, with defeat in their most recent outing. They now turn to the FA Cup, where a place in the next round is the immediate prize against League One visitors Doncaster.
The clubs arrive from different divisions. Kidderminster are 13th in the National League with 21 points from 16 matches; Doncaster are 20th in League One, on 12 points after 13 games. Progress would give either side a valuable cup foothold, but a win at Aggborough would be especially significant for the hosts as they take on higher-division opposition.
League form and cup foothold
Kidderminster’s league sequence has brought no wins in five, while Doncaster’s last five league matches have produced one win and four defeats. Doncaster also lost their latest game, so neither side comes into this tie on the back of a league victory.
Kidderminster have already won once in this competition, scoring twice and conceding once. That single FA Cup result offers a small but tangible platform; Doncaster have yet to play a match in the competition.
Different division, same knockout pressure
Kidderminster’s National League position puts them seven places above Doncaster in League One only when comparing the rank numbers, but those positions come from separate divisions and are not a shared table. The more telling contrast is the level: the hosts face a team from a higher tier, with the chance to make that gap count for little over one knockout match.
For Doncaster, the tie is a chance to avoid an upset and keep their cup run alive from its opening appearance. For Kidderminster, victory would mean another step forward and a home win over League One opposition.
Our prediction
Kidderminster’s home setting and their existing FA Cup win give them a route to make this a close contest. PreviaXI’s model leans towards the hosts, with a narrow scoreline reflecting a match in which Doncaster may find goals hard to come by.
Kidderminster Harriers 1-0 Doncaster
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