Bristol Rovers 3-0 Southend United: result and report
League One · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Southend United
League One · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Southend United: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Southend United 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Billy Bodin opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Billy Bodin (15'), Ellis Harrison (74') and Liam Sercombe (86'). Southend United did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Southend United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 24 points from 20 and Southend United 9th on 28 points from 20. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Southend United 10th with 63.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southend United in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Southend United's W-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 44'Yellow card · Michael Turner
- 61'Yellow card · S. Hendrie
- 74'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 86'Goal · Liam Sercombe
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney
Southend United line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Oxley, Stephen Hendrie, Anton Ferdinand, Michael Turner, Stephen McLaughlin, Anthony Wordsworth, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Josh Wright, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox