Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Saturday 28 March 2026

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Saturday 28 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Accrington Stanley 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Riley Harbottle opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Riley Harbottle (5') and Jack Sparkes (53'). Accrington Stanley did not score.

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 43 points from 39 and Accrington Stanley 15th on 48 points from 38. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riley Harbottle of Bristol Rovers (8.0), ahead of Jack Sparkes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Accrington Stanley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Riley HarbottleBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Riley HarbottleBristol Rovers
  • 52'Yellow card · Devon MatthewsAccrington Stanley
  • 53'Goal · Jack SparkesBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Mees RijksBristol Rovers
  • 80'Yellow card · Freddie SassAccrington Stanley
  • 83'Yellow card · Tyler WaltonAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 2, Accrington Stanley 7.

Team news

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

Brad Young, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Riley Harbottle, Joel Senior, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Jack Sparkes, Tommy Leigh, Joe Quigley, Fabrizio Cavegn

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-1-4-2)

Oliver Wright, Devon Matthews, Farrend Rawson, Donald Love, Seamus Conneely, Connor O'Brien, Shaun Whalley, Isaac Sinclair, Charlie Brown, Paddy Madden, Josh Woods