Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 18 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Tranmere Rovers lost to Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Promise Omochere opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from Jayden Joseph (71'). Bristol Rovers scored through Promise Omochere (65') and Yusuf Akhamrich (84').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 20th on 37 points from 42 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 55 points from 43. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 41 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Bristow of Tranmere Rovers (7.5), ahead of Jack Sparkes (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tranmere Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · N. KennehTranmere Rovers
  • 34'Yellow card · Riley HarbottleBristol Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerBristol Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Sam FinleyTranmere Rovers
  • 65'Goal · Promise OmochereBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Jayden JosephTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Nathan SmithTranmere Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Yusuf AkhamrichBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kristian DennisTranmere Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Brad YoungBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 1, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marko Marosi, Lee O'Connor, Nathan Smith, William Tamen, Jayden Joseph, Sam Finley, N. Kenneh, Ethan Bristow, Omari Patrick, Zech Obiero, Kaiyne Woolery

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Jack Sparkes, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Ryan De Havilland, Tommy Leigh, Shaq Forde, Fabrizio Cavegn, Joe Quigley