Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 3 October 2020
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 3 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Northampton Town 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 3 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Brandon Hanlan opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Brandon Hanlan (55', penalty) and Jack Baldwin (79'). Northampton Town did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 24th on 1 point from 3 and Northampton Town 10th on 4 points from 3. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Baldwin of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Zain Westbrooke (8.1).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-D and Northampton Town's L-W-D.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Luka Racic
- 23'Yellow card · Josh Grant
- 36'Yellow card · J. Martin
- 55'Penalty goal · Brandon Hanlan
- 60'Second yellow · J. Martin
- 79'Goal · Jack Baldwin
- 82'Yellow card · Ryan Watson
- 90+4'Yellow card · C. Bolger
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Max Ehmer, Jack Baldwin, Cian Harries, Josh Hare, Luke McCormick, Joshua Grant, Zain Westbrooke, David Tutonda, James Daly, Brandon Hanlan
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Steve Arnold, Luka Racic, Cian Bolger, Joe Martin, Michael Harriman, Ryan Watson, Christopher Missilou, Joseph Mills, Sam Hoskins, Harry Smith, Mathew Warburton