Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021

Result

Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Accrington Stanley beat Bristol Rovers 6-1 in the League One on Tuesday 2 February 2021. The half-time score was 4-1.

Joe Pritchard opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Joe Pritchard (8'), Dion Charles (12'), Dion Charles (17'), Colby Bishop (28'), Colby Bishop (48') and Dion Charles (70'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (11').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 9th on 37 points from 21 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 23 points from 23. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dion Charles of Accrington Stanley (9.7), ahead of Colby Bishop (9.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Accrington Stanley wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Joe PritchardAccrington Stanley
  • 8'Goal · Joe PritchardAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 12'Goal · Dion CharlesAccrington Stanley · 2-1
  • 17'Goal · Dion CharlesAccrington Stanley · 3-1
  • 28'Goal · Colby BishopAccrington Stanley · 4-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Sean McConvilleAccrington Stanley
  • 48'Goal · Colby BishopAccrington Stanley · 5-1
  • 61'Yellow card · George WilliamsBristol Rovers
  • 70'Goal · Dion CharlesAccrington Stanley · 6-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Accrington Stanley 0, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-2)

Nathan Baxter, Ben Barclay, Mark Hughes, Michael Nottingham, Joe Pritchard, Matt Butcher, Seamus Conneely, Sean McConville, Tariq Uwakwe, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Joe Day, G. Williams, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Luke Leahy, Joshua Grant, Zain Westbrooke, Luke McCormick, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson