Bristol Rovers 2-1 Port Vale: result and report
League One · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Port Vale
League One · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Port Vale: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Port Vale 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Martin Paterson opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ellis Harrison (44') and Jermaine Easter (63', penalty). Port Vale scored through Martin Paterson (23').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 10 points from 8 and Port Vale 5th on 14 points from 8. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Port Vale 21st with 49.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Port Vale.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-D-D-D-D and Port Vale's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Martin Paterson
- 41'Yellow card · Jerome Thomas
- 44'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 60'Yellow card · Remie Streete
- 61'Yellow card · Martin Paterson
- 63'Penalty goal · Jermaine Easter
- 65'Yellow card · A. Jones
- 85'Yellow card · J. Alnwick
- 87'Yellow card · Stuart Sinclair
- 90+5'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 90+5'Yellow card · Michael Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Kelle Roos, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Jermaine Easter, Rory Gaffney
Port Vale line-up
Jak Alnwick, Ben Purkiss, Remie Streete, Kjell Knops, Nathan Smith, Paulo Tavares, Jerome Thomas, Quentin Leite Pereira, Anthony Grant, Martin Paterson, Alex Jones