Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 December 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ryan Williams opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ellis Harrison (64') and Liam Sercombe (75'). Rotherham United scored through Ryan Williams (56').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 21 points from 19 and Rotherham United 12th on 26 points from 19. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Rotherham United's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 56'Goal · Ryan Williams
- 64'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 75'Goal · Liam Sercombe
- 79'Yellow card · Adam Smith
- 81'Yellow card · Lee Frecklington
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin
Rotherham United line-up
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Michael Ihiekwe, Shaun Cummings, Lee Frecklington, Darren Potter, Joe Newell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Kieffer Moore