Bristol Rovers 3-1 Barnsley: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 January 2025
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Barnsley
League One · Saturday 18 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Barnsley: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Barnsley 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gatlin O'Donkor opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Gatlin O'Donkor (42'), Isaac Hutchinson (52') and Ruel Sotiriou (85'). Barnsley scored through Josh Earl (67').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 25 points from 24 and Barnsley 5th on 42 points from 25. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 43 points, and Barnsley 12th with 61.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Griffiths of Bristol Rovers (8.9), ahead of Gatlin O'Donkor (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Gatlin O'Donkor
- 52'Goal · Isaac Hutchinson
- 66'Yellow card · James Wilson
- 67'Goal · Josh Earl
- 85'Goal · Ruel Sotiriou
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Griffiths, Taylor Moore, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Lino Sousa, Grant Ward, R. Sawyers, Luke Thomas, Isaac Hutchinson, Scott Sinclair, Gatlin O'Donkor
Barnsley line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Killip, Maël de Gevigney, M. Roberts, Josh Earl, Corey O'Keeffe, Adam Phillips, Jon Russell, Luca Connell, Georgie Gent, Max Watters, Davis Keillor-Dunn