Bristol Rovers 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 6 October 2012
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Northampton Town
League Two · Saturday 6 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Northampton Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 6 October 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Tom Eaves opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Tom Eaves (53'), G. Kenneth (56') and Oliver Norburn (84'). Northampton Town scored through Adebayo Akinfenwa (74').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 21st on 7 points from 9 and Northampton Town 13th on 13 points from 10. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Northampton Town 4th with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Northampton Town's L-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Red card · Anthony Charles
- 28'Yellow card · Tom Eaves
- 35'Yellow card · Chris Hackett
- 53'Goal · Tom Eaves
- 56'Goal · G. Kenneth
- 62'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 65'Yellow card · Joe Widdowson
- 74'Goal · Adebayo Akinfenwa
- 78'Yellow card · Tom Parkes
- 84'Goal · Oliver Norburn
- 90+1'Yellow card · Alex Nicholls
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Neil Etheridge, Garry Kenneth, Tom Parkes, Fabian Broghammer, Oliver Norburn, Matthew Lund, David Clarkson, Elliot Richards, Derek Riordan, Tom Eaves, Jim Paterson
Northampton Town line-up
Lee Nicholls, Kelvin Langmead, Anthony Charles, Ben Tozer, Danny East, Chris Hackett, Adebayo Akinfenwa, L. Moult, Kemar Roofe, Joe Widdowson, Alex Nicholls