Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Memorial Stadium, Bristol · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Rotherham United 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Memorial Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers in the 32nd minute.

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 1st on 9 points from 4 and Rotherham United 14th on 5 points from 4. In the current table Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points and Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers (7.5), ahead of Riley Harbottle (7.4).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Tommy LeighBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Jayce FitzgeraldRotherham United
  • 73'Yellow card · Clinton MolaBristol Rovers
  • 74'Yellow card · Josh AusterfieldRotherham United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Kieran NgwenyaRotherham United

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
17Bristol Rovers145181723-616LLLDL
22Rotherham United142661825-712LLDDL

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 1, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

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

Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Ben Purrington, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Shaq Forde, Tommy Leigh, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn

Rotherham United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ted Cann, Emmanuel Adegboyega, Sonny Aljofree, Ewan Otoo, Denzel Hall, Brandon Cover, Jayce Fitzgerald, Jili Buyabu, Josh Austerfield, Fábio Tavares, Tom Bradshaw

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