Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry City: result and report
League One · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry City
League One · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 4-1 Coventry City: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Coventry City 4-1 in the League One on Monday 26 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Peter Hartley opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Peter Hartley (18'), Billy Bodin (54'), Billy Bodin (74') and Billy Bodin (83', penalty). Coventry City scored through Jordan Willis (57').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 30 points from 22 and Coventry City 23rd on 19 points from 22. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Coventry City 23rd with 39.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Coventry City's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Peter Hartley
- 18'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 35'Yellow card · Billy Bodin
- 54'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 57'Goal · Jordan Willis
- 58'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 72'Yellow card · K. Reid
- 74'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 78'Yellow card · Lewis Page
- 83'Penalty goal · Billy Bodin
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Will Puddy, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Cristian Montano, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney
Coventry City line-up
Lee Burge, Jordan Willis, Jordan Turnbull, Andrew Rose, Lewis Page, Gaël Bigirimana, Kyel Romaine Reid, Chris McCann, Marvin Sordell, Jamie Sterry, Marcus Tudgay