Bristol Rovers 1-1 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Tuesday 17 September 2019

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Gillingham

League One · Tuesday 17 September 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 1-1 Gillingham: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Gillingham 1-1 in the League One on Tuesday 17 September 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tyler Smith opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Tyler Smith (38'). Gillingham scored through Thomas O'Connor (83').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Gillingham received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Gillingham 14th on 9 points from 7. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Gillingham 11th with 51.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Gillingham in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Davies of Bristol Rovers (7.8), level with Jonson Clarke-Harris (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Tyler SmithBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Thomas O'ConnorGillingham · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 2, Gillingham 6.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)

Anssi Jaakkola, Tom Davies, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Josh Hare, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Luke Leahy, Tyler Smith, Jonson Clarke-Harris

Gillingham line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Bonham, Barry Fuller, Max Ehmer, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas O'Connor, Mark Byrne, Alfie Jones, Oliver Lee, Mikael Ndjoli, Brandon Hanlan, Alex Jakubiak