Birmingham City 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 14 December 2024
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 14 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Birmingham City won against Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 14 December 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.
Lee Buchanan opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Lee Buchanan (6') and Jay Stansfield (37', penalty). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 3rd on 39 points from 17 and Bristol Rovers 19th on 21 points from 18. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 1st with 111 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Willum Thór Willumsson of Birmingham City (8.1), ahead of Keshi Anderson (7.6).
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Bristol Rovers's L-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Lee Buchanan
- 37'Penalty goal · Jay Stansfield
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-3-3)
Ryan Allsop, Krystian Bielik, Christoph Klarer, Ben Davies, Lee Buchanan, Willum Thór Willumsson, Tomoki Iwata, Seung-ho Paik, Keshi Anderson, Alfie May, Jay Stansfield
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-3)
Josh Griffiths, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Michael Forbes, Joel Senior, Jamie Lindsay, Kamil Conteh, Clinton Mola, Shaq Forde, Gatlin O'Donkor, Luke McCormick