Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ryan Williams opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ellis Harrison (64') and Liam Sercombe (75'). Rotherham United scored through Ryan Williams (56').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 21 points from 19 and Rotherham United 12th on 26 points from 19. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 56'Goal · Ryan WilliamsRotherham United · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Adam SmithBristol Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Lee FrecklingtonRotherham United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 0, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin

Rotherham United line-up

Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Michael Ihiekwe, Shaun Cummings, Lee Frecklington, Darren Potter, Joe Newell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Kieffer Moore