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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Alex RodmanBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · E. UpsonBristol Rovers
  • 45+1'Goal · A. MatthewsSunderland · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Josh MajaSunderland · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · George HoneymanSunderland
  • 83'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 84'Yellow card · Michael KellyBristol Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · A. MatthewsSunderland
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers

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