Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 March 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley
League Two · Saturday 28 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Accrington Stanley 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Riley Harbottle opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Riley Harbottle (5') and Jack Sparkes (53'). Accrington Stanley did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 43 points from 39 and Accrington Stanley 15th on 48 points from 38. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riley Harbottle of Bristol Rovers (8.0), ahead of Jack Sparkes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 3 for Accrington Stanley.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Riley Harbottle
- 49'Yellow card · Riley Harbottle
- 52'Yellow card · Devon Matthews
- 53'Goal · Jack Sparkes
- 67'Yellow card · Mees Rijks
- 80'Yellow card · Freddie Sass
- 83'Yellow card · Tyler Walton
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Young, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Riley Harbottle, Joel Senior, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Jack Sparkes, Tommy Leigh, Joe Quigley, Fabrizio Cavegn
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-1-4-2)
Oliver Wright, Devon Matthews, Farrend Rawson, Donald Love, Seamus Conneely, Connor O'Brien, Shaun Whalley, Isaac Sinclair, Charlie Brown, Paddy Madden, Josh Woods