Bristol Rovers 4-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 25 April 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 4-0 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Saturday 25 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Bristol Rovers 4-0 Cheltenham Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Cheltenham Town 4-0 in the League Two on Saturday 25 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ellis Harrison opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ellis Harrison (2'), Ellis Harrison (45+3'), Ellis Harrison (56') and Shaqai Forde (87'). Cheltenham Town did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 6 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 58 points from 44 and Cheltenham Town 17th on 52 points from 44. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Harrison of Bristol Rovers (9.2), ahead of L. Young (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cheltenham Town.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 6'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 32'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 37'Yellow card · Steve Cotterill
- 45+3'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 45+5'Yellow card · Steve Evans
- 55'Yellow card · Jack Sparkes
- 56'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 71'Yellow card · Tommy Leigh
- 71'Yellow card · James Wilson
- 87'Goal · Shaqai Forde
- 90+1'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Jack Sparkes, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Yusuf Akhamrich, Shaq Forde, Promise Omochere, Ellis Harrison
Cheltenham Town line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Day, Jonathan Tomkinson, Sam Sherring, James Wilson, George Nurse, L. Young, Harry Ashfield, Ryan Broom, Jordan Thomas, Josh Davison, Jake Bickerstaff