Bristol Rovers 3-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Tuesday 13 February 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 3-2 Rochdale

League One · Tuesday 13 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 3-2 Rochdale: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Rochdale 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 13 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ian Henderson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Liam Sercombe (49'), J. Partington (65') and C. Lines (79'). Rochdale scored through Ian Henderson (29') and Ian Henderson (66').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 11th on 42 points from 31 and Rochdale 23rd on 25 points from 27. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Rochdale in a 3-5-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Andy CannonRochdale
  • 49'Goal · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · J. PartingtonBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 2-2
  • 71'Yellow card · J. PartingtonBristol Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Callum CampsRochdale
  • 79'Goal · C. LinesBristol Rovers · 3-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · C. LinesBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 2, Rochdale 1.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Adam Smith, Lee Brown, Tom Broadbent, Joe Partington, Tony Craig, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney

Rochdale line-up (3-5-2)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, S. Wiseman, Ryan Delaney, Mark Kitching, Callum Camps, Andy Cannon, Stephen Humphrys, Matt Done, Ian Henderson