Southend United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 February 2019
Result
Southend United 1-2 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 2 February 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Southend United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report
Southend United were beaten by Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 2 February 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Liam Sercombe opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Southend United's goal came from Simon Cox (39'). Bristol Rovers scored through Liam Sercombe (20') and G. Reilly (32').
Discipline: Southend United received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 12th on 38 points from 29 and Bristol Rovers 23rd on 29 points from 29. Southend United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Bristol Rovers 15th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southend United win, 1 draw and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Southend United's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Bristol Rovers's D-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Liam Sercombe
- 32'Goal · G. Reilly
- 34'Yellow card · Michael Turner
- 39'Goal · Simon Cox
- 45+2'Yellow card · Tom Nichols
- 58'Yellow card · Sam Hart
- 62'Yellow card · Dru Yearwood
- 74'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 85'Yellow card · J. Partington
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jonson Clarke-Harris
Head-to-head
Team news
Southend United line-up
Nathan Bishop, Elvis Bwomono, Sam Hart, Taylor Moore, John White, Michael Turner, Sam Mantom, T. Dieng, Stephen Humphrys, Simon Cox, Dru Yearwood
Bristol Rovers line-up
Jack Bonham, Joe Partington, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Tony Craig, Tom Lockyer, Alex Rodman, Ollie Clarke, Tom Nichols, Gavin Reilly, Liam Sercombe