Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 January 2021

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 30 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rochdale: match report

Bristol Rovers lost to Rochdale 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 30 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Alex Newby opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Luke Leahy (34'). Rochdale scored through Alex Newby (16') and Alex Newby (64').

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

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 19th on 23 points from 22 and Rochdale 18th on 23 points from 24. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Rochdale 21st with 47.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rochdale in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Leahy of Bristol Rovers (8.6), ahead of Alex Newby (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Alex NewbyRochdale · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Alex NewbyRochdale · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Stephen DooleyRochdale

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Day, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, G. Williams, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Zain Westbrooke, Luke Leahy, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson

Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Gavin Bazunu, Jimmy Keohane, Gabriel Osho, Haydon Roberts, Matt Done, Alex Newby, Oliver Rathbone, Aaron Morley, Stephen Dooley, Matthew Lund, Stephen Humphrys