Bristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 December 2023

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham Town

League One · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Cheltenham Town 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Will Goodwin opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from J. Hunt (50'). Cheltenham Town scored through Will Goodwin (28').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 24 points from 18 and Cheltenham Town 24th on 12 points from 18. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 44.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Thomas of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Antony Evans (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Will GoodwinCheltenham Town · 0-1
  • 45+4'Yellow card · J. HuntBristol Rovers
  • 50'Goal · J. HuntBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · George LloydCheltenham Town
  • 78'Yellow card · Lewis FreestoneCheltenham Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Nathan Butler-OyedejiCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 0.

Team news

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

Matthew Cox, Jack Hunt, Connor Taylor, James Wilson, James Gibbons, Grant Ward, Sam Finley, Luke Thomas, Jevani Brown, Harvey Vale, Chris Martin

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)

Luke Southwood, Owen Bevan, Curtis Davies, Lewis Freestone, Sean Long, Liam Sercombe, Elliot Bonds, Tom Pett, Will Ferry, George Lloyd, Will Goodwin