Bristol Rovers 2-2 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 29 January 2019

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-2 Peterborough United

League One · Tuesday 29 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-2 Peterborough United: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Peterborough United 2-2 in the League One on Tuesday 29 January 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Tom Nichols opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Tom Nichols (8', penalty) and Ollie Clarke (43'). Peterborough United scored through Ivan Toney (37') and Joe Ward (90').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Peterborough United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 22nd on 28 points from 28 and Peterborough United 6th on 48 points from 29. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 54 points, and Peterborough United 7th with 72.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Peterborough United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Peterborough United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Penalty goal · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Ivan ToneyPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Lee TomlinPeterborough United
  • 90'Goal · Joe WardPeterborough United · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 1, Peterborough United 2.

Team news

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

Jack Bonham, Joe Partington, Tom Lockyer, Tony Craig, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Alex Rodman, Chris Lines, Ollie Clarke, Liam Sercombe, Tom Nichols, Gavin Reilly

Peterborough United line-up (4-4-2)

Conor O'Malley, Jason Naismith, Ben White, Rhys Bennett, Danny Lafferty, Callum Cooke, Kyle Dempsey, Alex Woodyard, Lee Tomlin, Matty Godden, Ivan Toney