Bristol Rovers 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons

League One · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tom Nichols opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Tom Nichols (65') and R. Gaffney (72'). Milton Keynes Dons did not score.

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Milton Keynes Dons received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 18 points from 15 and Milton Keynes Dons 15th on 19 points from 15. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 23rd with 45.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 5-3-2.

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

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Milton Keynes Dons's D-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 59'Yellow card · E. UpsonMilton Keynes Dons
  • 65'Goal · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 72'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 2, Milton Keynes Dons 0.

Team news

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

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Tom Broadbent, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (5-3-2)

Lee Nicholls, G. Williams, Joe Walsh, Scott Wootton, Scott Golbourne, Callum Brittain, Edward Upson, Aaron Tshibola, Alex Gilbey, Gboly Ariyibi, C. Aneke