Bristol Rovers 2-1 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Walsall
League One · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Walsall: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Walsall 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 9 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
R. Gaffney opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (5') and Ollie Clarke (86'). Walsall scored through James Wilson (58').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Walsall received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 14th on 6 points from 5 and Walsall 10th on 8 points from 5. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Walsall in a 3-4-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 3 draws and 4 for Walsall.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Walsall's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 28'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 47'Yellow card · James Wilson
- 58'Goal · James Wilson
- 60'Red card · Sam Slocombe
- 74'Yellow card · Daniel Leadbitter
- 74'Yellow card · D. Leadbitter
- 78'Yellow card · Joe Edwards
- 79'Yellow card · Billy Bodin
- 84'Yellow card · Lee Brown
- 85'Yellow card · Z. Ismail
- 86'Goal · Ollie Clarke
- 90+2'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
- 90+2'Yellow card · Tyler Roberts
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney
Walsall line-up (3-4-1-2)
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Shaun Donnellan, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Amadou Bakayoko, Dan Agyei