Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 3 October 2015
Result
Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 3 October 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers: match report
Morecambe lost to Bristol Rovers 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 3 October 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Lee Mansell opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Shaun Miller (43'), Tom Barkhuizen (60') and Paul Mullin (87', penalty). Bristol Rovers scored through Lee Mansell (28'), Billy Bodin (47'), Matty Taylor (58') and Ellis Harrison (80', penalty).
Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 15th on 12 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 15 points from 10. Morecambe went on to finish that season 16th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 2nd with 86.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Bristol Rovers's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Lee Mansell
- 43'Goal · Shaun Miller
- 47'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 58'Goal · Matty Taylor
- 60'Goal · Tom Barkhuizen
- 80'Penalty goal · Ellis Harrison
- 87'Penalty goal · Paul Mullin
- 90+2'Yellow card · Lee Nicholls
- 90+6'Yellow card · Andrew Fleming
Team news
Morecambe expected line-up
Barry Roche, Ryan Edwards, Shaun Beeley, Andy Parrish, Laurence Wilson, Aaron Wildig, Lee Molyneux, Andrew Fleming, Paul Mullin
Bristol Rovers expected line-up
Aaron Chapman, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Daniel Leadbitter, Stuart Sinclair, Jermaine Easter, M. Taylor