Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Memorial Stadium, Bristol · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Rotherham United 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Memorial Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers in the 32nd minute.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 1st on 9 points from 4 and Rotherham United 14th on 5 points from 4. In the current table Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points and Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers (7.5), ahead of Riley Harbottle (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-W-W-L and Rotherham United's D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 57'Yellow card · Jayce Fitzgerald
- 73'Yellow card · Clinton Mola
- 74'Yellow card · Josh Austerfield
- 90+5'Yellow card · Kieran Ngwenya
Form and table
- Bristol RoversLast five: L W W W
- Rotherham UnitedLast five: L D W D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 16 | LLLDL |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 12 | LLDDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Ben Purrington, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Shaq Forde, Tommy Leigh, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn
Rotherham United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ted Cann, Emmanuel Adegboyega, Sonny Aljofree, Ewan Otoo, Denzel Hall, Brandon Cover, Jayce Fitzgerald, Jili Buyabu, Josh Austerfield, Fábio Tavares, Tom Bradshaw
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