Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League One · Tuesday 9 March 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley
League One · Tuesday 9 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Bristol Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Accrington Stanley 4-1 in the League One on Tuesday 9 March 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Luke Leahy (14'), Alex Rodman (45+1'), Sam Nicholson (66') and Zain Westbrooke (68'). Accrington Stanley scored through Paul Smyth (77').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 21st on 30 points from 32 and Accrington Stanley 7th on 50 points from 31. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Accrington Stanley 11th with 67.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zain Westbrooke of Bristol Rovers (8.9), ahead of Alex Rodman (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 8 for Accrington Stanley.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Luke Leahy
- 35'Yellow card · Ben Barclay
- 45+1'Goal · Alex Rodman
- 66'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 68'Goal · Zain Westbrooke
- 77'Goal · Paul Smyth
- 78'Yellow card · Luke McCormick
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Day, G. Williams, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Sam Nicholson, Jonah Ayunga
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-3)
Toby Savin, Ben Barclay, Mark Hughes, Cameron Burgess, Michael Nottingham, Matt Butcher, David Morgan, Sean McConville, Paul Smyth, Dion Charles, Jon Russell