Bristol Rovers 3-0 Carlisle United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Carlisle United
League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Carlisle United: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Carlisle United 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Antony Evans opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Antony Evans (35'), Sam Nicholson (86') and Harvey Saunders (90+4'). Carlisle United did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Carlisle United received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 10 points from 10 and Carlisle United 19th on 10 points from 10. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Carlisle United 20th with 53.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Carlisle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Thomas of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Cian Harries (7.7).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Carlisle United's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Morgan Feeney
- 23'Yellow card · Cian Harries
- 26'Yellow card · D. Devine
- 35'Goal · Antony Evans
- 38'Yellow card · L. Alessandra
- 60'Yellow card · Jack Armer
- 61'Yellow card · Callum Guy
- 74'Yellow card · Jon Mellish
- 76'Yellow card · Harvey Saunders
- 86'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 88'Yellow card · Luke Thomas
- 90'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 90+4'Goal · Harvey Saunders
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, Cian Harries, Junior Brown, Paul Coutts, Glenn Whelan, Harry Anderson, Antony Evans, Harvey Saunders, Aaron Collins
Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)
Lukas Jensen, Daniel Devine, M. Feeney, Corey Whelan, Jack Armer, Lewis Alessandra, Callum Anthony Guy, Jon Mellish, Zach Clough, Brad Young, Brennan Dickenson