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
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.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · N. Kenneh
- 34'Yellow card · Riley Harbottle
- 63'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 63'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 65'Goal · Promise Omochere
- 71'Goal · Jayden Joseph
- 75'Yellow card · Nathan Smith
- 84'Goal · Yusuf Akhamrich
- 90+2'Yellow card · Kristian Dennis
- 90+2'Yellow card · Brad Young
Head-to-head
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