Northampton Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 February 2024
Result
Northampton Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 17 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Northampton Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Northampton Town defeated Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 February 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.
Patrick Brough opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Patrick Brough (3'), Mitchell Pinnock (40') and Marc Leonard (84'). Bristol Rovers scored through C. Martin (79').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 13th on 41 points from 31 and Bristol Rovers 11th on 43 points from 32. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Brough of Northampton Town (8.5), ahead of Mitch Pinnock (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Patrick Brough
- 24'Yellow card · J. Wilson
- 40'Goal · Mitchell Pinnock
- 52'Yellow card · Patrick Brough
- 79'Goal · C. Martin
- 79'Yellow card · Louie Moulden
- 84'Goal · Marc Leonard
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)
Louie Moulden, Jordan Willis, Sam Sherring, Jon Guthrie, Patrick Brough, M. Leonard, Ben Fox, Will Hondermarck, Kieron Bowie, Tyreece Simpson, Mitch Pinnock
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jed Ward, Jack Hunt, Tristan Crama, James Wilson, Lewis Gordon, Luke Thomas, Joshua Grant, Harvey Vale, Scott Sinclair, Jevani Brown, Chris Martin