Scunthorpe United 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Scunthorpe United 3-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Scunthorpe United 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 6 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Kevin van Veen (66'), Josh Morris (81') and Kyle Wootton (90+6'). Bristol Rovers scored through Matty Taylor (31').

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

Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 31'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Tom LockyerBristol Rovers
  • 66'Goal · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United
  • 90+6'Goal · Kyle WoottonScunthorpe United · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Scunthorpe United 1, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

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Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, Murray Wallace, David Mirfin, Conor Townsend, Jordan Clarke, Stephen Dawson, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Hakeeb Adelakun, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper

Bristol Rovers line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney