Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 15 February 2020

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 15 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Blackpool 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 15 February 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Gary Madine opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Alfie Kilgour (73') and Josh Ginnelly (84'). Blackpool scored through Gary Madine (2').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 13th on 39 points from 30 and Blackpool 15th on 37 points from 29. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Blackpool 13th with 45.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackpool in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Leahy of Bristol Rovers (7.8), level with Alfie Kilgour (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Gary MadineBlackpool · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · James HusbandBlackpool
  • 43'Red card · Ben HeneghanBlackpool
  • 54'Yellow card · E. UpsonBristol Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Alfie KilgourBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Josh GinnellyBristol Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 0, Blackpool 1.

Team news

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

Pavel Kucera, Mark Little, Alfie Kilgour, Tony Craig, Luke Leahy, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Alex Rodman, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson

Blackpool line-up (5-3-2)

Chris Maxwell, Liam Feeney, Taylor Moore, Ben Heneghan, James Husband, C. MacDonald, Matty Virtue, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Connor Ronan, Gary Madine, Armand Gnanduillet