Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League One · Tuesday 9 March 2021

Result

Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Tuesday 9 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Accrington Stanley 4-1 in the League One on Tuesday 9 March 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Luke Leahy (14'), Alex Rodman (45+1'), Sam Nicholson (66') and Zain Westbrooke (68'). Accrington Stanley scored through Paul Smyth (77').

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

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 21st on 30 points from 32 and Accrington Stanley 7th on 50 points from 31. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Accrington Stanley 11th with 67.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zain Westbrooke of Bristol Rovers (8.9), ahead of Alex Rodman (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Ben BarclayAccrington Stanley
  • 45+1'Goal · Alex RodmanBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 3-0
  • 68'Goal · Zain WestbrookeBristol Rovers · 4-0
  • 77'Goal · Paul SmythAccrington Stanley · 4-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Luke McCormickBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Day, G. Williams, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Sam Nicholson, Jonah Ayunga

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

Toby Savin, Ben Barclay, Mark Hughes, Cameron Burgess, Michael Nottingham, Matt Butcher, David Morgan, Sean McConville, Paul Smyth, Dion Charles, Jon Russell