Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 October 2023
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Chris Martin opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Chris Martin (10') and Antony Evans (30', penalty). Northampton Town scored through Emmanuel Monthe (57').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 16 points from 13 and Northampton Town 20th on 14 points from 13. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Northampton Town 14th with 60.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Cox of Bristol Rovers (8.1), ahead of Aaron Collins (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Chris Martin
- 12'Yellow card · Josh Grant
- 18'Yellow card · Antony Evans
- 30'Penalty goal · Antony Evans
- 41'Yellow card · Chris Martin
- 54'Yellow card · Mitchell Pinnock
- 57'Goal · Emmanuel Monthe
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Matthew Cox, Joshua Grant, Connor Taylor, Tristan Crama, George Friend, Jevani Brown, Sam Finley, Antony Evans, Harvey Vale, Chris Martin, Aaron Collins
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Lee Burge, Jordan Willis, Sam Sherring, Manny Monthe, Akin Odimayo, M. Leonard, Shaun McWilliams, Patrick Brough, Sam Hoskins, Tyreece Simpson, Mitch Pinnock