Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic: result and report
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic: match report
Bristol Rovers were beaten by Oldham Athletic 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 12 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
J. Byrne opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (83') and Ryan Sweeney (85'). Oldham Athletic scored through J. Byrne (49'), Craig Davies (71') and E. Doyle (88').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 9 points from 6 and Oldham Athletic 24th on 1 point from 6. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Oldham Athletic in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Oldham Athletic.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Oldham Athletic's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 49'Goal · J. Byrne
- 60'Yellow card · Dan Gardner
- 71'Goal · Craig Davies
- 83'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 85'Goal · Ryan Sweeney
- 88'Goal · E. Doyle
- 90+7'Yellow card · D. Telford
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Byron Moore, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols
Oldham Athletic line-up (3-5-2)
John Robert Ruddy, Anthony Gerrard, Ryan McLaughlin, George Edmundson, Peter Clarke, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, G. Nepomuceno, Jack Byrne, Craig Davies, Eoin Doyle