Bradford City 2-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Bradford City 2-2 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bradford City 2-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Bradford City drew with Bristol Rovers 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Charles Vernam opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Bradford City's goals came from Charles Vernam (42') and Andy Cook (49'). Bristol Rovers scored through Alfie Kilgour (48') and Juan Carlos León (90').

Discipline: Bradford City received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 12th on 16 points from 11 and Bristol Rovers 16th on 13 points from 11. Bradford City went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charles Vernam of Bradford City (8.7), ahead of Antony Evans (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bradford City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Harvey SaundersBristol Rovers
  • 25'Yellow card · Paul CouttsBristol Rovers
  • 42'Goal · Charles VernamBradford City · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · Alfie KilgourBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Alfie KilgourBristol Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónBristol Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónBristol Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 2, draws 5, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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Bradford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Oscar Threlkeld, Yann Songo'o, Paudie O'Connor, Liam Ridehalgh, Elliot Watt, Levi Sutton, Alex Gilliead, Callum Cooke, Charles Vernam, Andy Cook

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

James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, Alfie Kilgour, Nick Anderton, Glenn Whelan, Paul Coutts, Harry Anderson, Aaron Collins, Antony Evans, Harvey Saunders