Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 December 2016

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon

League One · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon: match report

Bristol Rovers beat AFC Wimbledon 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Matty Taylor (61') and Matty Taylor (70'). AFC Wimbledon did not score.

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; AFC Wimbledon received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 10th on 33 points from 23 and AFC Wimbledon 11th on 32 points from 23. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and AFC Wimbledon 15th with 57.

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

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-W-L-L and AFC Wimbledon's L-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jake ReevesAFC Wimbledon
  • 42'Yellow card · Cristian MontanoBristol Rovers
  • 51'Yellow card · CastroAFC Wimbledon
  • 61'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Will Puddy, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Cristian Montano, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin

AFC Wimbledon line-up

James Shea, Barry Fuller, Paul Robinson, George Francomb, Chris Robertson, Jonathan Meades, Castro, Jake Reeves, Andy Barcham, Tom Elliott, Tyrone Barnett