Bristol Rovers 1-2 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 7 December 2021

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Port Vale

League Two · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bristol Rovers 1-2 Port Vale: match report

Bristol Rovers lost to Port Vale 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 7 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Ben Garrity opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Aaron Collins (56'). Port Vale scored through Ben Garrity (31') and Ben Garrity (33').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 23 points from 19 and Port Vale 5th on 32 points from 19. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Port Vale 2nd with 84.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Port Vale in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Garrity of Port Vale (8.7), ahead of Tom Conlon (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Red card · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers
  • 31'Goal · Ben GarrityPort Vale · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Ben GarrityPort Vale · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Aaron CollinsBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Dan JonesPort Vale
  • 60'Yellow card · Dennis PoliticPort Vale
  • 76'Red card · Cian HarriesBristol Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanBristol Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 2, Port Vale 3.

Team news

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

James Belshaw, Harry Anderson, Connor Taylor, Cian Harries, Nick Anderton, Paul Coutts, Glenn Whelan, Sam Finley, Sam Nicholson, Antony Evans, Aaron Collins

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Aidan Stone, Lewis Cass, Nathan Smith, Dan Jones, David Worrall, Devante Rodney, Tom Pett, Tom Conlon, James Gibbons, Ben Garrity, Dennis Politic