Mansfield Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 August 2021

Result

Mansfield Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Mansfield Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Mansfield Town won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Oliver Hawkins opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Mansfield Town's goals came from Oliver Hawkins (42') and Danny Johnson (90+6', penalty). Bristol Rovers scored through Cian Harries (63').

Discipline: Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Mansfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.

Mansfield Town lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oli Hawkins of Mansfield Town (8.5), ahead of Stephen McLaughlin (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · George MarisMansfield Town
  • 42'Goal · Oliver HawkinsMansfield Town · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · Cian HarriesBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 77'Red card · Paul CouttsBristol Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Cian HarriesBristol Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Danny JohnsonMansfield Town
  • 86'Yellow card · Zain WestbrookeBristol Rovers
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Danny JohnsonMansfield Town · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Harvey SaundersBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Mansfield Town 0, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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Mansfield Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

Nathan Bishop, Kellan Gordon, Farrend Rawson, James Perch, Stephen McLaughlin, Ollie Clarke, George Maris, S. Quinn, Rhys Oates, Danny Johnson, Oli Hawkins

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

Anssi Jaakkola, Luca Hoole, Mark Hughes, Nick Anderton, Cian Harries, Paul Coutts, Joshua Grant, Harry Anderson, Luke Thomas, Trevor Clarke, Harvey Saunders