Bristol Rovers 3-1 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 3-1 Bradford City

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 3-1 Bradford City: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Bradford City 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Charlie Wyke opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from J. Partington (53'), C. Lines (84', penalty) and Liam Sercombe (87'). Bradford City scored through Charlie Wyke (38', penalty).

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 33 points from 27 and Bradford City 5th on 48 points from 27. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Bradford City 11th with 63.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bradford City in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bradford City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · T. BroadbentBristol Rovers
  • 38'Penalty goal · Charlie WykeBradford City · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · J. PartingtonBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 84'Penalty goal · C. LinesBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 87'Goal · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 2, Bradford City 1.

Team news

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

Adam Smith, Tom Lockyer, Tom Broadbent, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney

Bradford City line-up (3-5-2)

Rouven Sattelmaier, Matthew Kilgallon, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tyrell Robinson, Jake Reeves, Romain Vincelot, Nicky Law, T. Dieng, Alex Gilliead, Charlie Wyke, Paul Taylor