Bristol Rovers 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Cheltenham Town

League One · Sunday 1 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League One on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Aaron Collins opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Aaron Collins (25') and Josh Coburn (39'). Cheltenham Town scored through Alfie May (48').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 31 points from 24 and Cheltenham Town 16th on 28 points from 22. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Cheltenham Town 16th with 54.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Collins of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Alfie May (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Aaron CollinsBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Josh CoburnBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Alfie MayCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Will FerryCheltenham Town
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Ryan LoftBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 0.

Team news

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

James Belshaw, Bobby Thomas, James Connolly, Lewis Gibson, Harry Anderson, Paul Coutts, Sam Finley, Scott Sinclair, Antony Evans, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Caleb Taylor, Lewis Freestone, Ryan Broom, Liam Sercombe, Taylor Perry, Ben Williams, James Olayinka, Dan Nlundulu, Alfie May