Bristol Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 February 2024
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United
League One · Saturday 24 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Carlisle United: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Carlisle United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 February 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Josh Vela opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from C. Martin (34') and S. Sinclair (51'). Carlisle United scored through Josh Vela (16').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Carlisle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 13th on 43 points from 33 and Carlisle United 24th on 20 points from 32. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Carlisle United 24th with 30.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Carlisle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Sinclair of Bristol Rovers (8.2), ahead of Jevani Brown (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Carlisle United.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Josh Vela
- 22'Yellow card · J. Hunt
- 34'Goal · C. Martin
- 50'Yellow card · L. Thomas
- 51'Goal · S. Sinclair
- 56'Yellow card · Harrison Neal
- 90+3'Yellow card · Luke Armstrong
- 90+4'Yellow card · J. Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jed Ward, Jack Hunt, James Wilson, Elkan Baggott, Lewis Gordon, Luke Thomas, Kamil Conteh, Harvey Vale, Scott Sinclair, Jevani Brown, Chris Martin
Carlisle United line-up (4-3-3)
Harry Lewis, Fin Back, Sam Lavelle, Jon Mellish, Jack Armer, Josh Vela, Harrison Neal, Taylor Charters, Jordan Gibson, L. Armstrong, Jack Diamond