Bristol Rovers 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 February 2011

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion

League One · Saturday 5 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Bristol Rovers were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 in the League One on Saturday 5 February 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

W. Hoskins opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from W. Hoskins (2') and W. Hoskins (86'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through A. Barnes (38'), Elliott Bennett (52'), an own goal by C. Bolger (73') and Glenn Murray (79').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 24th on 23 points from 27 and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd on 46 points from 26. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 1st with 93.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · W. HoskinsBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Gavin WilliamsBristol Rovers
  • 38'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Elliott BennettBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Casper AnkergrenBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 70'Yellow card · Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 73'Own goal · C. BolgerBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-3
  • 79'Goal · Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-4
  • 85'Yellow card · Fran SandazaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 86'Goal · W. HoskinsBristol Rovers · 2-4

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Luke Daniels, Danny Coles, Byron Anthony, Cian Bolger, Chris Lines, Jeff Hughes, Scott Davies, Jean-Paul Kalala, Gavin Williams, Will Hoskins, Rene Howe

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up

Casper Ankergren, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, Marcos Painter, Elliott Bennett, G. Dicker, Liam Bridcutt, Ashley Barnes, Glenn Murray, Chris Wood, Iñigo Calderón