Walsall 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Walsall 3-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Walsall 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Walsall won against Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Eoghan O'Connell opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Walsall's goals came from Eoghan O'Connell (45'), S. Jackson (68') and Joe Edwards (73'). Bristol Rovers scored through Matty Taylor (82').

Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Walsall were 14th on 34 points from 26 and Bristol Rovers 9th on 39 points from 27. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-L-D-W-D and Bristol Rovers's L-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Lee BrownBristol Rovers
  • 45'Goal · Eoghan O'ConnellWalsall · 1-0
  • 68'Goal · S. JacksonWalsall · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · Joe EdwardsWalsall · 3-0
  • 82'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Walsall 3, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

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Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, James O'Connor, Jason McCarthy, Matt Preston, Eoghan O'Connell, Joe Edwards, Adam Chambers, Florent Cuvelier, Erhun Oztumer, Isaiah Osbourne, Amadou Bakayoko

Bristol Rovers line-up

Joe Lumley, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney