Bristol Rovers 3-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Fleetwood Town: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Fleetwood Town 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Stuart Sinclair opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Stuart Sinclair (26'), Billy Bodin (43') and Ellis Harrison (79'). Fleetwood Town scored through Devante Cole (60').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Fleetwood Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 3 points from 3 and Fleetwood Town 3rd on 9 points from 3. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 57.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fleetwood Town in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Fleetwood Town.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-L and Fleetwood Town's W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Stuart Sinclair
- 43'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 54'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 60'Goal · Devante Cole
- 79'Goal · Ellis Harrison
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney
Fleetwood Town line-up (5-3-2)
Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Cian Bolger, Amari'i Bell, Aiden O'Neill, Kyle Dempsey, Jordy Hiwula, Bobby Grant, Devante Cole