Bristol Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 September 2015
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth
League Two · Saturday 26 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth: match report
Bristol Rovers drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gareth Evans opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Jermaine Easter (48'). Portsmouth scored through Gareth Evans (29') and Jayden Stockley (71').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Portsmouth 1st on 20 points from 8. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Portsmouth 7th with 77.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Portsmouth's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Jayden Stockley
- 26'Yellow card · Chris Lines
- 29'Goal · Gareth Evans
- 48'Goal · Jermaine Easter
- 60'Yellow card · Conor Chaplin
- 62'Yellow card · Jake Gosling
- 71'Goal · Jayden Stockley
- 90+2'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
Team news
Bristol Rovers expected line-up (5-3-2)
Aaron Chapman, Lee Brown, Tom Parkes, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Daniel Leadbitter, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ollie Clarke, Jermaine Easter, M. Taylor
Portsmouth expected line-up
Brian Murphy, Ben Davies, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Nigel Atangana, Gary Roberts, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Enda Stevens, Gareth Evans, Matthew Tubbs