Bristol Rovers 2-1 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 27 September 2025
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Salford City
League Two · Saturday 27 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Salford City: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 27 September 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Matt Butcher opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Ellis Harrison (45+2') and Fabrizio Cavegn (63'). Salford City scored through Matt Butcher (11').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Salford City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 13th on 14 points from 9 and Salford City 2nd on 19 points from 9. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Salford City 5th with 82.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Salford City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Southwood of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Alfie Kilgour (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 1 draw and 0 for Salford City.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Matt Butcher
- 40'Yellow card · Kadeem Harris
- 45+2'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 54'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 57'Yellow card · Ossama Ashley
- 61'Yellow card · Clinton Mola
- 63'Goal · Fabrizio Cavegn
- 74'Yellow card · Haji Mnoga
- 90+6'Red card · Haji Mnoga
- 90+7'Missed penalty · Luke Garbutt
- 90+7'Yellow card · Luke Thomas
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Luke Southwood, Taylor Moore, Alfie Kilgour, Clinton Mola, Macauley Southam-Hales, Alfie Chang, Josh McEachran, Joel Cotterill, Jack Sparkes, Ellis Harrison, Fabrizio Cavegn
Salford City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Matty Young, Brandon Cooper, Adebola Oluwo, Luke Garbutt, Matt Butcher, Haji Mnoga, Kallum Cesay, Ossama Ashley, Kadeem Harris, Ben Woodburn, Daniel Udoh