Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 August 2018

Result

Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 4 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Peterborough United defeated Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 4 August 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matt Godden opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Matt Godden (1') and Mark O'Hara (26'). Bristol Rovers scored through Tom Lockyer (90+3').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Peterborough United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Bristol Rovers 15th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Peterborough United win, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Matt GoddenPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · Mark O'HaraPeterborough United
  • 26'Goal · Mark O'HaraPeterborough United · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · K. BennettBristol Rovers
  • 39'Yellow card · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers
  • 90+3'Goal · Tom LockyerBristol Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Peterborough United 1, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up

Aaron Chapman, Jason Naismith, Colin Daniel, Ryan Tafazolli, Rhys Bennett, Alex Woodyard, Mark O'Hara, Siriki Dembélé, Joe Ward, Matty Godden, Jason Cummings

Bristol Rovers line-up

Sam Slocombe, Daniel Leadbitter, Tom Lockyer, Tony Craig, James Clarke, Edward Upson, Liam Sercombe, Chris Lines, Kyle Bennett, Alex Rodman, Tom Nichols