Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025

Result

Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Walsall won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Fabrizio Cavegn opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Walsall's goals came from Aaron Pressley (69') and Aaron Pressley (78'). Bristol Rovers scored through Fabrizio Cavegn (27').

Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 8th on 17 points from 10. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.

Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Pressley of Walsall (8.2), ahead of Alfie Kilgour (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Alfie ChangBristol Rovers
  • 27'Goal · Fabrizio CavegnBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 69'Goal · Aaron PressleyWalsall · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Aaron PressleyWalsall · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Jack SparkesBristol Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Courtney ClarkeWalsall
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Evan WeirWalsall
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Brandon ComleyWalsall

Team news

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Walsall line-up (3-5-2)

Myles Roberts, Harrison Burke, Aden Flint, Evan Weir, Connor Barrett, Ryan Finnigan, Lewis Warrington, Charlie Lakin, Vincent Harper, Aaron Pressley, Daniel Kanu

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

Luke Southwood, Macauley Southam-Hales, Kacper Łopata, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Luke Thomas, Alfie Chang, Bryant Bilongo, Josh McEachran, Ellis Harrison, Fabrizio Cavegn