Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 14 January 2023
Result
Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 14 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Accrington Stanley 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Accrington Stanley defeated Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 14 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Tommy Leigh opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Tommy Leigh (51') and R. Astley (79'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 21st on 22 points from 23 and Bristol Rovers 8th on 37 points from 26. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 23rd with 44 points, and Bristol Rovers 17th with 53.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Toby Savin of Accrington Stanley (8.3), ahead of Harvey Rodgers (7.8).
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
- 25'Yellow card · Scott Sinclair
- 38'Yellow card · Liam Coyle
- 51'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 55'Yellow card · Harvey Rodgers
- 79'Goal · R. Astley
- 86'Yellow card · Dan Martin
- 89'Yellow card · Ethan Hamilton
- 90+4'Yellow card · Sam Finley
Head-to-head
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-1-4-2)
Toby Savin, Ryan Astley, Seamus Conneely, Harvey Rodgers, Liam Coyle, Rosaire Longelo, Dan Martin, Ethan Hamilton, Sean McConville, Shaun Whalley, Aaron Pressley
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-3)
James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, James Connolly, James Gibbons, Luke McCormick, Paul Coutts, Sam Finley, Scott Sinclair, Antony Evans, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn