Grimsby Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026
Result
Grimsby Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · Blundell Park, Cleethorpes · half-time 2-0
Grimsby Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Grimsby Town defeated Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Blundell Park. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Kieran Green opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Kieran Green (22') and Géza Dávid Turi (40'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 11th on 7 points from 5 and Bristol Rovers 1st on 12 points from 5. In the current table Grimsby Town are 6th on 20 points and Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points.
Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Géza Dávid Turi of Grimsby Town (7.5), ahead of Charles Vernam (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Grimsby Town wins, 0 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Ben Purrington
- 22'Goal · Kieran Green
- 38'Yellow card · Shaq Forde
- 40'Goal · Géza Dávid Turi
- 64'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 64'Yellow card · Kieran Green
- 71'Yellow card · Charles Vernam
- 75'Red card · Tommy Leigh
Form and table
- Grimsby TownLast five: W D D D D
- Bristol RoversLast five: L W W W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 20 | LLDWW |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 16 | LLLDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Grimsby Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
David Harrington, Harvey Rodgers, Maldini Kacurri, Cameron McJannet, Jayden Sweeney, Géza Dávid Turi, Sonny Finch, Kieran Green, Mark Shelton, Charles Vernam, Andy Cook
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
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