Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 15 March 2025

Result

Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 15 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Lincoln City beat Bristol Rovers 5-0 in the League One on Saturday 15 March 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jovon Makama opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Jovon Makama (31'), Tom Bayliss (49'), James Collins (52'), Jovon Makama (65') and Jovon Makama (81'). Bristol Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Lincoln City received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 13th on 46 points from 36 and Bristol Rovers 18th on 42 points from 36. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jovon Makama of Lincoln City (9.5), ahead of Paudie O'Connor (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Lincoln City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Jovon MakamaLincoln City · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Tom BaylissLincoln City · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · James CollinsLincoln City · 3-0
  • 65'Goal · Jovon MakamaLincoln City · 4-0
  • 81'Goal · Jovon MakamaLincoln City · 5-0
  • 83'Yellow card · James WilsonBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Lincoln City 3, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

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Lincoln City line-up (4-2-3-1)

George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Paudie O'Connor, Seán Roughan, Tom Bayliss, Conor McGrandles, Jovon Makama, Reeco Hackett, Dom Jefferies, James Collins

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

Jed Ward, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Sil Swinkels, Jack Hunt, Taylor Moore, Matt Butcher, Clinton Mola, Kofi Shaw, Ruel Sotiriou, Scott Sinclair