Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 20 February 2016
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 20 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Morecambe 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 20 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jamie Devitt opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Rory Gaffney (68') and Billy Bodin (78'). Morecambe scored through Jamie Devitt (12', penalty).
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 3rd on 52 points from 30 and Morecambe 11th on 41 points from 31. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Morecambe 16th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Morecambe.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Morecambe's L-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Penalty goal · Jamie Devitt
- 58'Yellow card · Lee Brown
- 68'Goal · Rory Gaffney
- 78'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 80'Red card · Andrew Fleming
- 80'Yellow card · Andrew Fleming
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Steve Mildenhall, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Tom Parkes, James Clarke, Chris Lines, Liam Lawrence, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney
Morecambe line-up
Barry Roche, Shaun Beeley, Adam Dugdale, Ryan Edwards, Alan Goodall, Andy Parrish, Jamie Devitt, Tom Barkhuizen, Kevin Ellison, Andrew Fleming, Paul Mullin