Sunderland 3-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 February 2020
Result
Sunderland 3-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 22 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 3-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Sunderland defeated Bristol Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 22 February 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Lynden Gooch opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Lynden Gooch (71'), Charlie Wyke (73') and Luke O'Nien (82'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 5th on 54 points from 31 and Bristol Rovers 13th on 42 points from 31. Sunderland went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Maguire of Sunderland (10.0), ahead of Luke O'Nien (7.7).
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Bristol Rovers's W-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Luke Leahy
- 31'Yellow card · Lynden Gooch
- 55'Yellow card · T. Craig
- 58'Yellow card · A. Öztürk
- 59'Red card · Kevin Nolan
- 71'Goal · Lynden Gooch
- 73'Goal · Charlie Wyke
- 82'Goal · Luke O'Nien
Team news
Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)
Jon McLaughlin, Jordan Willis, Alim Öztürk, Tom Flanagan, Luke O'Nien, George Dobson, Max Power, Denver Hume, Chris Maguire, Charlie Wyke, Lynden Gooch
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Pavel Kucera, Alfie Kilgour, Rollin Menayese, Tony Craig, Luke Leahy, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Ollie Clarke, Josh Ginnelly, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson