Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 March 2023

Result

Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 11 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Bristol Rovers: match report

Forest Green Rovers lost to Bristol Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 11 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Charlie Savage opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Charlie Savage (12'). Bristol Rovers scored through John Marquis (19'), Scott Sinclair (26') and John Marquis (61').

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 24th on 23 points from 35 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 42 points from 34. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Bristol Rovers 17th with 53.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Marquis of Bristol Rovers (8.5), ahead of Lamare Bogarde (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Forest Green Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Charlie SavageForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · John MarquisBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 26'Goal · Scott SinclairBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · L. BogardeBristol Rovers
  • 61'Goal · John MarquisBristol Rovers · 1-3
  • 69'Yellow card · John MarquisBristol Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Dominic BernardForest Green Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Luke McCormickBristol Rovers
  • 85'Missed penalty · Corey O'KeeffeForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 2, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lewis Thomas, Dominic Bernard, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Brandon Cooper, Jamie Robson, Dylan McGeouch, Charlie Savage, Corey O'Keeffe, Myles Peart-Harris, Jordon Garrick, Amadou Bakayoko

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Jarell Quansah, Lewis Gibson, Scott Sinclair, Lamare Bogarde, Grant Ward, Lewis Gordon, Aaron Collins, Josh Coburn, John Marquis