Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

R. Gaffney opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (22') and Billy Bodin (62'). Plymouth Argyle scored through N. Blissett (52').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 12 points from 10 and Plymouth Argyle 24th on 5 points from 10. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Plymouth Argyle 7th with 68.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 4 draws and 4 for Plymouth Argyle.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 52'Goal · N. BlissettPlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Graham CareyPlymouth Argyle
  • 62'Goal · Billy BodinBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 64'Red card · G. MillerPlymouth Argyle
  • 65'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. LinesBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Lee BrownBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan EdwardsPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 4, Plymouth Argyle 4.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney

Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-3-3)

Kyle Letheren, Gary Miller, Gary Sawyer, Yann Songo'o, Ryan Edwards, Jamie Ness, Antoni Sarcevic, Graham Carey, Jake Jervis, Gregg Wylde, Nathan Blissett