Bristol Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Saturday 15 October 2016
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Gillingham
League One · Saturday 15 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Gillingham: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Gillingham 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
J. Wright opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from C. Lines (82') and Ellis Harrison (90'). Gillingham scored through J. Wright (62').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 11th on 16 points from 11 and Gillingham 14th on 15 points from 12. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Gillingham 20th with 50.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Gillingham's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · J. Hessenthaler
- 31'Yellow card · Chris Herd
- 35'Yellow card · Matty Taylor
- 42'Yellow card · C. Lines
- 55'Yellow card · B. Dack
- 62'Goal · J. Wright
- 64'Yellow card · J. Wright
- 82'Goal · C. Lines
- 88'Yellow card · Frank Nouble
- 89'Yellow card · Jonathan Bond
- 90'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 90+2'Yellow card · P. Konchesky
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up
Kelle Roos, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, James Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Charlie Colkett, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney
Gillingham line-up
Jonathan Bond, Max Ehmer, Paul Konchesky, Ryan Jackson, Chris Herd, Deji Oshilaja, Scott Wagstaff, Jake Hessenthaler, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright, Cody McDonald