Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 13 November 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town
League Two · Saturday 13 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 13 November 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Josh Grant (53') and Antony Evans (59'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (39', penalty).
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 18 points from 15 and Northampton Town 3rd on 27 points from 15. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Northampton Town 7th with 80.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joshua Grant of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Antony Evans (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol Rovers wins, 3 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 39'Penalty goal · Sam Hoskins
- 49'Yellow card · Cian Harries
- 53'Goal · Josh Grant
- 59'Goal · Antony Evans
- 67'Second yellow · Glenn Whelan
- 74'Yellow card · Harry Anderson
- 74'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 90+6'Yellow card · L. Roberts
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
James Belshaw, Alfie Kilgour, Connor Taylor, Cian Harries, Harry Anderson, Sam Finley, Glenn Whelan, Paul Coutts, Joshua Grant, Antony Evans, Sam Nicholson
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-1-1)
Liam Roberts, Dominic Revan, Fraser Horsfall, Jon Guthrie, Ali Koiki, Sam Hoskins, Shaun McWilliams, Jordan Flores, Mitch Pinnock, Paul Lewis, Kion Etete