AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-3

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AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers: match report

AFC Wimbledon were beaten by Bristol Rovers 2-4 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Joe Pigott opened the scoring in the 5th minute. AFC Wimbledon's goals came from Joe Pigott (5', penalty) and Ben Heneghan (30'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (14'), Brandon Hanlan (25'), Brandon Hanlan (45+1') and Sam Nicholson (64').

Discipline: AFC Wimbledon received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game AFC Wimbledon were 12th on 20 points from 14 and Bristol Rovers 21st on 13 points from 14. AFC Wimbledon went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

AFC Wimbledon 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 Brandon Hanlan of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Sam Nicholson (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Penalty goal · Joe PigottAFC Wimbledon · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Will NightingaleAFC Wimbledon
  • 14'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 25'Goal · Brandon HanlanBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 30'Goal · Ben HeneghanAFC Wimbledon · 2-2
  • 45+1'Goal · Brandon HanlanBristol Rovers · 2-3
  • 50'Yellow card · N. Guinness-WalkerAFC Wimbledon
  • 64'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 2-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AFC Wimbledon 1, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

AFC Wimbledon line-up (3-5-2)

Connal Trueman, Will Nightingale, Ben Heneghan, Dániel Csóka, Cheye Alexander, Alex Woodyard, Anthony Hartigan, Jack Rudoni, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Ryan Longman, Joe Pigott

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

Anssi Jaakkola, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Edward Upson, Joshua Grant, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson