Doncaster Rovers boss Grant McCann sees plenty to build on at Stevenage

Neither side created too much in the way of chances, with a first-half effort from Rovers’ Harry Clifton that was kicked away by Filip Marschall the best either could manage.

McCann said: “We’ve worked hard defensively with the group this week. [Stevenage are] really strong from set-plays, the best in the division, but we dealt with everything that was thrown at us.

“Our line was good, we caught them offside quite a lot. That was really good. We limited a team in the top six of League One to one, maybe one half-chance.

“From an attacking point of view, I felt we rushed things a little bit too much, hence why we didn’t get the goal, albeit we had probably the best two chances of the game.”

He now wants his side to take the confidence from the performance into their next games.

He added: “I said this after Reading, we need to build off this. Any point away from home is a good point in this division and I stand by that, but we need to be better at home, we need to be taking games away from teams at home.

“We can’t be going 1-0 up and losing 2-1 or going 1-0 up and drawing at home. To be successful in this division, you need to win games at home.”

Stevenage: Marschall, J Wildin, Goode, Piergianni, Butler, Houghton (Thompson 26), White, J Roberts (Malcolm 76), Kemp, Campbell (Patterson 64), Lubala (Young 76). Unused substitutes: Ashby-Hammond, Freestone, Pattenden.

Doncaster Rovers: Lo-Tutala, Sterry, McGrath, O'Riordan, Maxwell, Broadbent, Molyneux, Bailey, Clifton (Glenn Middleton 75), Gibson (Sharp 75), Hanlan. Unused substitutes: Lawlor, Nixon, Crew, Gotts, Grehan.

Referee: Elliot Bell (Merseyside).