Crawley Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 29 August 2026
Result
Crawley Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · The People's Pension Stadium, Crawley · half-time 0-2
Crawley Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers: match report
Crawley Town were beaten by Bristol Rovers 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 29 August 2026 at The People's Pension Stadium. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Tom James opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Crawley Town did not score. Bristol Rovers scored through Tom James (23') and Bobby Kamwa (41').
Discipline: Crawley Town received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crawley Town were 16th on 3 points from 2 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 3 points from 2. In the current table Crawley Town are 24th on 9 points and Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points.
Crawley Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom James of Bristol Rovers (7.8), ahead of Richard Smallwood (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crawley Town wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Tom James
- 29'Yellow card · Tommy Leigh
- 31'Yellow card · Louie Watson
- 41'Goal · Bobby Kamwa
- 43'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 48'Yellow card · Klaudio Krasniqi
- 68'Yellow card · Tom James
- 81'Yellow card · Riley Harbottle
- 89'Yellow card · Dylan Morgan
Form and table
- Crawley TownLast five: L W
- Bristol RoversLast five: L W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 16 | LLLDL |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 9 | DLLDW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Crawley Town line-up (4-4-2)
Nicholas Michalski, Akin Odimayo, Priestley Farquharson, Charlie Barker, Jonny Russell, Ade Adeyemo, Jude Arthurs, Klaudio Krasniqi, Osman Kamara, Louie Watson, Pemi Aderoju
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Young, Tom James, Kofi Balmer, Riley Harbottle, Ben Purrington, Clinton Mola, Richard Smallwood, Shaq Forde, Tommy Leigh, Bobby Kamwa, Fabrizio Cavegn
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