Bristol Rovers 1-2 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 February 2023

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 18 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bristol Rovers · Burton Albion · League One predictions

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Burton Albion: match report

Bristol Rovers lost to Burton Albion 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 18 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from John Marquis (9'). Burton Albion scored through Charlie Kirk (44') and Sam Winnall (55').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 14th on 38 points from 31 and Burton Albion 19th on 31 points from 30. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Burton Albion 15th with 56.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dale Taylor of Burton Albion (8.1), ahead of Antony Evans (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · John MarquisBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · C. McCannBurton Albion
  • 36'Yellow card · Jasper MoonBurton Albion
  • 44'Goal · Charlie KirkBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Sam WinnallBurton Albion · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Joe PowellBurton Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 3, Burton Albion 4.

Team news

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

Ellery Balcombe, James Gibbons, Jarell Quansah, James Connolly, C. MacDonald, Antony Evans, Grant Ward, Lamare Bogarde, Scott Sinclair, John Marquis, Aaron Collins

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-2-1)

Craig MacGillivray, John Brayford, Sam Hughes, Jasper Moon, Tom Hamer, Deji Oshilaja, Chris McCann, Zac Ashworth, Joe Powell, Sam Winnall, Dale Taylor