Scunthorpe United 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Scunthorpe United 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 11 November 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Neal Bishop of Scunthorpe United in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 6th on 26 points from 16 and Bristol Rovers 13th on 21 points from 16. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Scunthorpe United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Funso OjoScunthorpe United
  • 57'Yellow card · Neal BishopScunthorpe United
  • 57'Yellow card · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · D. LeadbitterBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Goal · Neal BishopScunthorpe United · 1-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Scunthorpe United 2, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Matthew Gilks, Jordan Clarke, Murray Wallace, Charlie Goode, Cameron Burgess, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Hakeeb Adelakun, Tom Hopper, Lee Novak

Bristol Rovers line-up

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Broadbent, Rollin Menayese, Liam Sercombe, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney