Bristol Rovers 1-3 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Swindon Town
League Two · Saturday 2 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Swindon Town: match report
Bristol Rovers lost to Swindon Town 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 2 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Harry Anderson opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Harry Anderson (17'). Swindon Town scored through Jack Payne (57'), Ben Gladwin (85', penalty) and Harry McKirdy (87').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Swindon Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 10 points from 9 and Swindon Town 9th on 13 points from 9. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Swindon Town 5th with 80.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Swindon Town in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Iandolo of Swindon Town (7.8), level with Jack Payne (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Swindon Town.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Harry Anderson
- 57'Goal · Jack Payne
- 79'Yellow card · Alfie Kilgour
- 83'Red card · Alfie Kilgour
- 85'Penalty goal · Ben Gladwin
- 87'Goal · Harry McKirdy
- 90+4'Yellow card · Cian Harries
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
James Belshaw, Alfie Kilgour, Connor Taylor, Cian Harries, Harry Anderson, Paul Coutts, Glenn Whelan, Junior Brown, Sam Finley, Antony Evans, Brett Pitman
Swindon Town line-up (5-3-2)
Joseph Wollacott, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Akin Odimayo, Dion Conroy, Romoney Crichlow, Ellis Iandolo, Ben Gladwin, Louis Reed, Jack Payne, Alex Gilbert, Tyreece Simpson