Walsall 1-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Walsall 1-3 Bristol Rovers
League One · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Walsall 1-3 Bristol Rovers: match report
Walsall were beaten by Bristol Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Tom Lockyer opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Walsall's goal came from Josh Gordon (45'). Bristol Rovers scored through Tom Lockyer (7'), Alex Rodman (10') and Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (52').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 11th on 31 points from 23 and Bristol Rovers 22nd on 20 points from 23. Walsall went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Bristol Rovers 15th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Walsall wins, 4 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-L-W-L-D and Bristol Rovers's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Tom Lockyer
- 10'Goal · Alex Rodman
- 40'Yellow card · Tareiq Holmes-Dennis
- 43'Yellow card · G. Reilly
- 45'Goal · Josh Gordon
- 52'Goal · Tareiq Holmes-Dennis
- 72'Yellow card · Luke Leahy
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up
Liam Roberts, Nicky Devlin, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Jack Fitzwater, Jon Guthrie, Kieron Morris, L. Kinsella, Josh Gordon, Andy Cook, Zeli Ismail
Bristol Rovers line-up
Jack Bonham, James Clarke, Michael Kelly, Ollie Clarke, Tom Lockyer, Tony Craig, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Gavin Reilly, Alex Jakubiak, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis