Barrow 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Barrow 1-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Barrow 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Barrow drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Sam Nicholson opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Barrow's goal came from Ollie Banks (45+5'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (44').

Discipline: Barrow received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barrow were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 3 points from 4. Barrow went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.

Barrow lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Farman of Barrow (7.5), level with Sam Nicholson (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Remeao HuttonBarrow
  • 31'Red card · Mark EllisBarrow
  • 32'Yellow card · Tom WhiteBarrow
  • 42'Yellow card · Ollie BanksBarrow
  • 44'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 45+5'Goal · Ollie BanksBarrow · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Aaron CollinsBristol Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · O. ZanzalaBarrow
  • 90'Yellow card · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers

Team news

Barrow line-up (3-5-2)

Paul Farman, Connor Brown, Mark Ellis, Joe Grayson, Remeao Hutton, Ollie Banks, Tom White, Josh Kay, Patrick Brough, Josh Gordon, Offrande Zanzala

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

James Belshaw, Connor Taylor, Mark Hughes, Nick Anderton, Alex Rodman, Sam Finley, Joshua Grant, Harry Anderson, Sam Nicholson, Aaron Collins, Brett Pitman