Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 January 2021

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 2 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Blackpool 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 January 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Gary Madine opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Brandon Hanlan (34') and Sam Nicholson (36'). Blackpool scored through Gary Madine (8').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 21st on 19 points from 17 and Blackpool 12th on 27 points from 19. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Blackpool 3rd with 87.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Nicholson of Bristol Rovers (8.4), ahead of Luke Garbutt (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Gary MadineBlackpool · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Brandon HanlanBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 47'Missed penalty · Brandon HanlanBristol Rovers
  • 64'Yellow card · Max EhmerBristol Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jordi van Stappershoef, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Edward Upson, Luke McCormick, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Sam Walker, Ollie Turton, Marvin Ekpiteta, Dan Ballard, Luke Garbutt, Dan Kemp, Grant Ward, Kenny Dougall, Keshi Anderson, Gary Madine, Jerry Yates