Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 December 2019
Result
Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United
League One · Saturday 7 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Bristol Rovers 4-2 Southend United: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Southend United 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 7 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.
Tom Hopper opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Jonson Clarke-Harris (48', penalty), Kevin Nolan (56'), E. Upson (75') and Alfie Kilgour (81'). Southend United scored through Tom Hopper (13') and Brandon Goodship (36').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Southend United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 9th on 28 points from 17 and Southend United 23rd on 6 points from 19. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Southend United in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brandon Goodship of Southend United (8.1), ahead of Jonson Clarke-Harris (7.7).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Southend United's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Tom Hopper
- 25'Yellow card · M. Little
- 27'Yellow card · T. Craig
- 36'Goal · Brandon Goodship
- 42'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
- 45'Yellow card · R. Kiernan
- 48'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-Harris
- 56'Goal · Kevin Nolan
- 75'Goal · E. Upson
- 81'Goal · Alfie Kilgour
- 85'Yellow card · Richard Taylor
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Mark Little, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Luke Leahy, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Liam Sercombe, Tom Nichols, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Southend United line-up (4-5-1)
Nathan Bishop, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Robert Kiernan, Richard Taylor, Brandon Goodship, Jason Demetriou, Sam Mantom, Mark Milligan, Stephen McLaughlin, Tom Hopper