Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 February 2025
Result
Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 22 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Northampton Town won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Dara Costelloe (61') and Nesta Guinness-Walker (78'). Bristol Rovers scored through Scott Sinclair (46').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 19th on 33 points from 31 and Bristol Rovers 18th on 35 points from 31. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Hutchinson of Bristol Rovers (7.3), ahead of Max Dyche (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 46'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 60'Yellow card · Connor Taylor
- 61'Goal · Dara Costelloe
- 78'Goal · Nesta Guinness-Walker
- 80'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 90+4'Yellow card · Mitch Pinnock
- 90+4'Yellow card · James Wilson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Nik Tzanev, Aaron McGowan, Max Dyche, Akin Odimayo, Sam Hoskins, Liam Shaw, Terry Taylor, Mitch Pinnock, Cameron McGeehan, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Dara Costelloe
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jed Ward, Jack Hunt, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Lino Sousa, Isaac Hutchinson, Matt Butcher, Luke Thomas, Ruel Sotiriou, Scott Sinclair, Chris Martin