Bristol Rovers 1-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 November 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Scunthorpe United

League One · Saturday 17 November 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 1-2 Scunthorpe United: match report

Bristol Rovers lost to Scunthorpe United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Lee Novak opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Liam Sercombe (45+2'). Scunthorpe United scored through Lee Novak (15') and Matty Lund (78').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 17 points from 17 and Scunthorpe United 19th on 18 points from 17. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 54 points, and Scunthorpe United 23rd with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 4 draws and 3 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Lee NovakScunthorpe United · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Cameron Borthwick-JacksonScunthorpe United
  • 45+2'Goal · Liam SercombeBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Lee NovakScunthorpe United
  • 63'Yellow card · J. ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Tom NicholsBristol Rovers
  • 74'Yellow card · Matty LundScunthorpe United
  • 76'Missed penalty · C. LinesBristol Rovers
  • 78'Goal · Matty LundScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · James PerchScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 4, Scunthorpe United 3.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Jack Bonham, Daniel Leadbitter, Joe Martin, Chris Lines, Tony Craig, James Clarke, Kyle Bennett, Ollie Clarke, Stefan Payne, Tom Nichols, Liam Sercombe

Scunthorpe United line-up

Jak Alnwick, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, James Perch, Matthew Lund, Rory McArdle, Charlie Goode, Andy Dales, F. Ojo, Iké Ugbo, Ryan Colclough, Lee Novak