Bristol Rovers 3-1 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Grimsby Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Grimsby Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.
Kofi Balmer opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Kofi Balmer (2'), Joe Quigley (7') and Yusuf Akhamrich (63'). Grimsby Town scored through Andy Cook (38').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 22nd on 27 points from 32 and Grimsby Town 10th on 49 points from 31. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Grimsby Town 6th with 81.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yusuf Akhamrich of Bristol Rovers (8.2), ahead of Andy Cook (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Grimsby Town.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Kofi Balmer
- 7'Goal · Joe Quigley
- 38'Goal · Andy Cook
- 45+1'Yellow card · Clinton Mola
- 51'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 63'Goal · Yusuf Akhamrich
- 71'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Clinton Mola, Ryan De Havilland, Richard Smallwood, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Yusuf Akhamrich, Ellis Harrison, Joe Quigley
Grimsby Town line-up (4-1-3-2)
Jackson Smith, Harvey Rodgers, Sam Lavelle, Cameron McJannet, Reece Staunton, George McEachran, Jamie Walker, Kieran Green, Charles Vernam, Jaze Kabia, Andy Cook