AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 December 2020
Result
AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-3
AFC Wimbledon 2-4 Bristol Rovers: match report
AFC Wimbledon were beaten by Bristol Rovers 2-4 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 2-3 at half-time.
Joe Pigott opened the scoring in the 5th minute. AFC Wimbledon's goals came from Joe Pigott (5', penalty) and Ben Heneghan (30'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (14'), Brandon Hanlan (25'), Brandon Hanlan (45+1') and Sam Nicholson (64').
Discipline: AFC Wimbledon received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game AFC Wimbledon were 12th on 20 points from 14 and Bristol Rovers 21st on 13 points from 14. AFC Wimbledon went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.
AFC Wimbledon 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 Brandon Hanlan of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Sam Nicholson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 AFC Wimbledon wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Joe Pigott
- 11'Yellow card · Will Nightingale
- 14'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 25'Goal · Brandon Hanlan
- 30'Goal · Ben Heneghan
- 45+1'Goal · Brandon Hanlan
- 50'Yellow card · N. Guinness-Walker
- 64'Goal · Sam Nicholson
Head-to-head
Team news
AFC Wimbledon line-up (3-5-2)
Connal Trueman, Will Nightingale, Ben Heneghan, Dániel Csóka, Cheye Alexander, Alex Woodyard, Anthony Hartigan, Jack Rudoni, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Ryan Longman, Joe Pigott
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Edward Upson, Joshua Grant, Erhun Oztumer, Brandon Hanlan, Sam Nicholson