Bristol Rovers 2-3 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 1 March 2025
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 1 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Rotherham United: match report
Bristol Rovers lost to Rotherham United 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 1 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ruel Sotiriou opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ruel Sotiriou (5') and Sil Swinkels (72'). Rotherham United scored through Sam Nombe (36'), Zak Jules (52') and Sam Nombe (90+2').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 19th on 35 points from 32 and Rotherham United 15th on 38 points from 32. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 43 points, and Rotherham United 13th with 59.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Nombe of Rotherham United (8.6), ahead of Sil Swinkels (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ruel Sotiriou
- 36'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 48'Yellow card · Chris Martin
- 52'Goal · Zak Jules
- 72'Goal · Sil Swinkels
- 85'Yellow card · Matt Butcher
- 90+1'Yellow card · Luke Thomas
- 90+2'Goal · Sam Nombe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jed Ward, Jack Hunt, James Wilson, Sil Swinkels, Lino Sousa, Grant Ward, Matt Butcher, Scott Sinclair, Isaac Hutchinson, Ruel Sotiriou, Chris Martin
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-1-2)
Dillon Phillips, Shaun McWilliams, Hakeem Odoffin, Zak Jules, Reece James, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Cameron Humphreys, Joe Powell, Mallik Wilks, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Sam Nombe