Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021
Result
Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
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Accrington Stanley 6-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Accrington Stanley beat Bristol Rovers 6-1 in the League One on Tuesday 2 February 2021. The half-time score was 4-1.
Joe Pritchard opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Joe Pritchard (8'), Dion Charles (12'), Dion Charles (17'), Colby Bishop (28'), Colby Bishop (48') and Dion Charles (70'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (11').
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 9th on 37 points from 21 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 23 points from 23. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dion Charles of Accrington Stanley (9.7), ahead of Colby Bishop (9.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Accrington Stanley wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Joe Pritchard
- 8'Goal · Joe Pritchard
- 11'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 12'Goal · Dion Charles
- 17'Goal · Dion Charles
- 28'Goal · Colby Bishop
- 44'Yellow card · Sean McConville
- 48'Goal · Colby Bishop
- 61'Yellow card · George Williams
- 70'Goal · Dion Charles
Head-to-head
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-2)
Nathan Baxter, Ben Barclay, Mark Hughes, Michael Nottingham, Joe Pritchard, Matt Butcher, Seamus Conneely, Sean McConville, Tariq Uwakwe, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Joe Day, G. Williams, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Luke Leahy, Joshua Grant, Zain Westbrooke, Luke McCormick, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson