Bristol Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town

League One · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ashley Hunter opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from G. Reilly (36') and J. Clarke (90+4'). Fleetwood Town scored through Ashley Hunter (28').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 23rd on 17 points from 22 and Fleetwood Town 10th on 30 points from 22. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 54 points, and Fleetwood Town 11th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Fleetwood Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 28'Goal · Ashley HunterFleetwood Town · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · G. ReillyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Ashley HunterFleetwood Town
  • 43'Yellow card · Ched EvansFleetwood Town
  • 46'Yellow card · Jason HoltFleetwood Town
  • 55'Red card · Ched EvansFleetwood Town
  • 60'Yellow card · Paddy MaddenFleetwood Town
  • 64'Yellow card · Dean MarneyFleetwood Town
  • 80'Yellow card · Ross WallaceFleetwood Town
  • 90+3'Yellow card · C. LinesBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Goal · J. ClarkeBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · S. PayneBristol Rovers
  • 90+6'Yellow card · J. ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Lewie CoyleFleetwood Town

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 1, Fleetwood Town 4.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Jack Bonham, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Michael Kelly, Tony Craig, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Gavin Reilly, Alex Jakubiak, Alex Rodman

Fleetwood Town line-up

Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ross Wallace, J. Holt, Nathan Sheron, Ashley Eastham, Ashley Hunter, Dean Marney, Paddy Madden, Ched Evans, Conor McAleny