Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
R. Gaffney opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (22') and Billy Bodin (62'). Plymouth Argyle scored through N. Blissett (52').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 12 points from 10 and Plymouth Argyle 24th on 5 points from 10. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Plymouth Argyle 7th with 68.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 0 for Plymouth Argyle.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Plymouth Argyle's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 40'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 52'Goal · N. Blissett
- 57'Yellow card · Graham Carey
- 62'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 64'Red card · G. Miller
- 65'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 90+2'Yellow card · C. Lines
- 90+4'Yellow card · Lee Brown
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney
Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-3-3)
Kyle Letheren, Gary Miller, Gary Sawyer, Yann Songo'o, Ryan Edwards, Jamie Ness, Antoni Sarcevic, Graham Carey, Jake Jervis, Gregg Wylde, Nathan Blissett