Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury: result and report
League One · Saturday 10 December 2016
Result
Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury
League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Bury 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Scott Burgess opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (32'), Matty Taylor (45+2'), Ollie Clarke (67') and Peter Hartley (82'). Bury scored through Scott Burgess (25') and George Miller (75').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bury received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 13th on 27 points from 20 and Bury 20th on 20 points from 20. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Bury 19th with 50.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Bury's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Scott Burgess
- 32'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 41'Yellow card · Stuart Sinclair
- 45+2'Goal · Matty Taylor
- 67'Goal · Ollie Clarke
- 75'Goal · George Miller
- 82'Goal · Peter Hartley
- 88'Red card · N. Danns
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Will Puddy, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Hiram Boateng, Charlie Colkett, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney
Bury line-up
Ben Williams, Greg Leigh, Jacob Bedeau, Craig Jones, Kelvin Etuhu, Danny Mayor, Neil Danns, Tom Soares, Scott Burgess, Tom Pope, James Vaughan