Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 1 October 2016
Result
Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers: match report
Northampton Town lost to Bristol Rovers 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Alex Revell opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Alex Revell (9') and Alex Revell (76'). Bristol Rovers scored through R. Gaffney (60'), Peter Hartley (71') and Charlie Colkett (90+2').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 4th on 17 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 13 points from 10. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Bristol Rovers's L-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Alex Revell
- 60'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 65'Yellow card · Peter Hartley
- 68'Yellow card · Alex Revell
- 71'Goal · Peter Hartley
- 73'Yellow card · Gabriel Zakuani
- 76'Goal · Alex Revell
- 81'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 90+1'Second yellow · Gabriel Zakuani
- 90+2'Goal · Charlie Colkett
- 90+3'Yellow card · Charlie Colkett
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani, John-Joe O'Toole, Matthew Taylor, Sam Hoskins, Harry Beautyman, Paul Anderson, A. Revell
Bristol Rovers line-up
Kelle Roos, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Connor Roberts, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Charlie Colkett, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney