Bristol Rovers 2-1 Chesterfield: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Chesterfield

League One · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Chesterfield: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Chesterfield 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ollie Clarke opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ollie Clarke (1') and R. Gaffney (18'). Chesterfield scored through Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (85').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 8th on 54 points from 38 and Chesterfield 23rd on 33 points from 38. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Chesterfield 24th with 37.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 1 draw and 3 for Chesterfield.

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-W-D-D and Chesterfield's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Kristian DennisChesterfield
  • 39'Missed penalty · Luke JamesBristol Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Jon NolanChesterfield
  • 69'Yellow card · C. DimaioChesterfield
  • 82'Yellow card · Ryan SweeneyBristol Rovers
  • 85'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeChesterfield · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 1, Chesterfield 3.

Team news

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Bristol Rovers line-up

Joe Lumley, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Cristian Montano, Ryan Sweeney, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Billy Bodin, Luke James, Rory Gaffney

Chesterfield line-up

Thorsten Stuckmann, Paul McGinn, Daniel Jones, Sam Hird, Dion Donohue, Tom Anderson, Osman Kakay, Abdelhak Belaid, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kristian Dennis, Rai Simons