Bristol Rovers 7-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League Two · Saturday 14 April 2012

Result

Bristol Rovers 7-1 Burton Albion

League Two · Saturday 14 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 7-1 Burton Albion: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Burton Albion 7-1 in the League Two on Saturday 14 April 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mustapha Carayol opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Mustapha Carayol (42'), E. Richards (46'), Matt Harrold (61', penalty), Jim Paterson (65'), Matt Harrold (75'), E. Richards (76') and E. Richards (81'). Burton Albion scored through Calvin Makongo Zola (54').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 52 points from 42 and Burton Albion 16th on 51 points from 42. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Mustapha CarayolBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · E. RichardsBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Calvin Makongo ZolaBurton Albion · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Nathan StantonBurton Albion
  • 61'Penalty goal · Matt HarroldBristol Rovers · 3-1
  • 65'Goal · Jim PatersonBristol Rovers · 4-1
  • 75'Goal · Matt HarroldBristol Rovers · 5-1
  • 76'Goal · E. RichardsBristol Rovers · 6-1
  • 81'Goal · E. RichardsBristol Rovers · 7-1
  • 89'Yellow card · C. TaylorBurton Albion

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 0, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Scott Bevan, Gary Sawyer, Dan Woodards, Cian Bolger, Tom Parkes, Andy Dorman, Mustapha Carayol, Elliot Richards, Matthew Gill, Matt Harrold, Jim Paterson

Burton Albion line-up

Ross Atkins, Nathan Stanton, Andy Corbett, Ryan Austin, Danny Blanchett, Patrick Ada, Jimmy Phillips, Jacques Maghoma, Adam Bolder, Justin Richards, Calvin Makongo Zola