Bristol Rovers 2-1 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 April 2022

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 2 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Bradford City: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Bradford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 2 April 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Dion Pereira opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Sam Finley (57') and C. Taylor (75'). Bradford City scored through Dion Pereira (46').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 6th on 63 points from 39 and Bradford City 14th on 47 points from 39. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Bradford City 14th with 58.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Finley of Bristol Rovers (8.4), ahead of Paul Coutts (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 5 draws and 2 for Bradford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Luke HendrieBradford City
  • 46'Goal · Dion PereiraBradford City · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · T. ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 57'Goal · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Elliot WattBradford City
  • 75'Goal · C. TaylorBristol Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 5, Bradford City 2.

Team news

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

James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, James Connolly, Trevor Clarke, Paul Coutts, Sam Finley, Harry Anderson, Elliot Anderson, Sam Nicholson, Aaron Collins

Bradford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Bass, Luke Hendrie, Yann Songo'o, Paudie O'Connor, Matthew Foulds, Elliot Watt, Gareth Evans, Dion Pereira, Jamie Walker, Alex Gilliead, Andy Cook