Bristol Rovers 3-4 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Thursday 29 December 2022
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-4 Exeter City
League One · Thursday 29 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Bristol Rovers 3-4 Exeter City: match report
Bristol Rovers were beaten by Exeter City 3-4 in the League One on Thursday 29 December 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Sam Nombe opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Aaron Collins (57'), Josh Coburn (64') and Scott Sinclair (74', penalty). Exeter City scored through Sam Nombe (13'), Archie Collins (45+2'), Timothée Dieng (85') and Sam Nombe (90+2').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 10th on 31 points from 23 and Exeter City 13th on 28 points from 23. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Exeter City 14th with 56.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Exeter City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Nombe of Exeter City (8.6), ahead of Aaron Collins (8.0).
Key events
- 13'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 24'Yellow card · Aaron Collins
- 40'Yellow card · Cheick Diabaté
- 45'Yellow card · Jake Caprice
- 45+2'Goal · Archie Collins
- 57'Goal · Aaron Collins
- 59'Yellow card · Jevani Brown
- 64'Goal · Josh Coburn
- 68'Yellow card · Jack Sparkes
- 72'Yellow card · Archie Collins
- 74'Penalty goal · Scott Sinclair
- 85'Goal · Timothée Dieng
- 90+2'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sam Nombe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Bobby Thomas, Lewis Gibson, Lewis Gordon, Antony Evans, Sam Finley, Paul Coutts, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn, Ryan Loft
Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Pavel Kucera, Pierce Sweeney, C. Diabate, Alex Hartridge, Jake Caprice, Archie Collins, Harry Kite, Jack Sparkes, Matt Jay, Jevani Brown, Sam Nombe