Sunderland 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 15 December 2018
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 15 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Sunderland beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 15 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Alex Rodman opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from A. Matthews (45+1') and Josh Maja (49'). Bristol Rovers scored through Alex Rodman (11').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 3rd on 40 points from 19 and Bristol Rovers 21st on 17 points from 21. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Bristol Rovers 15th with 54.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Bristol Rovers's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Alex Rodman
- 36'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 45+1'Goal · A. Matthews
- 49'Goal · Josh Maja
- 57'Yellow card · George Honeyman
- 83'Yellow card · Lynden Gooch
- 84'Yellow card · Michael Kelly
- 90+5'Yellow card · A. Matthews
- 90+6'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
Team news
Sunderland line-up
Jon McLaughlin, Adam Matthews, Bryan Oviedo, Max Power, Glenn Loovens, Jack Baldwin, Aiden McGeady, Lee Cattermole, Josh Maja, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch
Bristol Rovers line-up
Jack Bonham, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Michael Kelly, Tony Craig, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Alex Jakubiak, Alex Rodman, Liam Sercombe