Chesterfield 3-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Chesterfield 3-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chesterfield 3-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Chesterfield beat Bristol Rovers 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Peter Hartley opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Chesterfield's goals came from Ian Evatt (28'), J. O'Shea (37') and J. O'Shea (50'). Bristol Rovers scored through Peter Hartley (3') and Billy Bodin (76').

Discipline: Chesterfield received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chesterfield were 23rd on 15 points from 19 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 27 points from 19. Chesterfield went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chesterfield wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Peter HartleyBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · C. DimaioChesterfield
  • 26'Yellow card · D. LeadbitterBristol Rovers
  • 28'Goal · Ian EvattChesterfield · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Reece MitchellChesterfield
  • 37'Goal · J. O'SheaChesterfield · 2-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tom LockyerBristol Rovers
  • 50'Goal · J. O'SheaChesterfield · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · C. LinesBristol Rovers
  • 76'Goal · Billy BodinBristol Rovers · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Chesterfield 2, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Chesterfield line-up

Ryan Fulton, Gary Liddle, Ian Ross Evatt, Dion Donohue, Tom Anderson, Liam O'Neil, Connor Dimaio, Jay O'Shea, Reece Mitchell, Gboly Ariyibi, Jake Beesley

Bristol Rovers line-up

Kelle Roos, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Jermaine Easter, Rory Gaffney