Bristol Rovers 1-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 March 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 10 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 1-1 Northampton Town: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Northampton Town 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 10 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

K. Bennett opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from K. Bennett (34'). Northampton Town scored through Kevin Luckassen (62').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 10th on 49 points from 35 and Northampton Town 20th on 38 points from 35. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Northampton Town's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Chris LongNorthampton Town
  • 30'Yellow card · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town
  • 34'Goal · K. BennettBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Kevin LuckassenNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Stuart SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 83'Yellow card · HildebertoNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bristol Rovers 4, draws 0, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

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

Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Joe Partington, Tony Craig, Liam Sercombe, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Kyle Bennett, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney

Northampton Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Brendan Moloney, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Jordan Turnbull, Joe Bunney, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Christopher Long, Gboly Ariyibi