Bristol Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
League One · Tuesday 10 March 2020
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Sunderland
League One · Tuesday 10 March 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 10 March 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jonson Clarke-Harris opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Jonson Clarke-Harris (39') and Jonson Clarke-Harris (75', penalty). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 42 points from 34 and Sunderland 5th on 59 points from 35. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Sunderland 8th with 59.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sunderland in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonson Clarke-Harris of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Ollie Clarke (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Sunderland's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Luke Leahy
- 38'Yellow card · Kyle Lafferty
- 39'Goal · Jonson Clarke-Harris
- 42'Yellow card · A. Öztürk
- 45+1'Yellow card · Cameron Hargreaves
- 45+6'Yellow card · Tom Flanagan
- 68'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 75'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-Harris
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Pavel Kucera, Alfie Kilgour, Tony Craig, Cian Harries, Alex Rodman, Cameron Hargreaves, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Luke Leahy, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson
Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)
Jon McLaughlin, Jordan Willis, Alim Öztürk, Tom Flanagan, Luke O'Nien, Josh Scowen, Max Power, Denver Hume, Chris Maguire, Kyle Lafferty, Antoine Semenyo