Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 January 2023

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 14 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Accrington Stanley defeated Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 14 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tommy Leigh opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Tommy Leigh (51') and R. Astley (79'). Bristol Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 21st on 22 points from 23 and Bristol Rovers 8th on 37 points from 26. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 23rd with 44 points, and Bristol Rovers 17th with 53.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Toby Savin of Accrington Stanley (8.3), ahead of Harvey Rodgers (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Scott SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 38'Yellow card · Liam CoyleAccrington Stanley
  • 51'Goal · Tommy LeighAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Harvey RodgersAccrington Stanley
  • 79'Goal · R. AstleyAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Dan MartinAccrington Stanley
  • 89'Yellow card · Ethan HamiltonAccrington Stanley
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-1-4-2)

Toby Savin, Ryan Astley, Seamus Conneely, Harvey Rodgers, Liam Coyle, Rosaire Longelo, Dan Martin, Ethan Hamilton, Sean McConville, Shaun Whalley, Aaron Pressley

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

James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, James Connolly, James Gibbons, Luke McCormick, Paul Coutts, Sam Finley, Scott Sinclair, Antony Evans, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn