Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 8 February 2011

Result

Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 8 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Rochdale beat Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 8 February 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Craig Dawson opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Rochdale's goals came from Craig Dawson (72'), J. Akpa Akpro (90') and M. Done (90'). Bristol Rovers scored through W. Hoskins (79').

Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 8th on 40 points from 27 and Bristol Rovers 24th on 23 points from 28. Rochdale went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Going into the match Rochdale's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Bristol Rovers's L-L-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · C. BolgerBristol Rovers
  • 72'Goal · Craig DawsonRochdale · 1-0
  • 74'Second yellow · C. BolgerBristol Rovers
  • 79'Goal · W. HoskinsBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Jean-Paul KalalaBristol Rovers
  • 90'Goal · J. Akpa AkproRochdale · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Gavin WilliamsBristol Rovers
  • 90'Goal · M. DoneRochdale · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Rochdale expected line-up

Josh Lillis, Craig Dawson, Marcus Holness, Josh Thompson, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Anthony Elding, Chris O'Grady, Brian Barry-Murphy, Joe Widdowson, Andrew Tutte

Bristol Rovers line-up

Luke Daniels, Gary Sawyer, Danny Coles, Byron Anthony, Cian Bolger, Jeff Hughes, Scott Davies, Jean-Paul Kalala, Gavin Williams, Will Hoskins, Rene Howe