Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 30 August 2025
Result
Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 30 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Grimsby Town were beaten by Bristol Rovers 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 30 August 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Macauley Southam of Bristol Rovers in the 27th minute.
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 5th on 11 points from 5 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 4 points from 5. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 6th with 81 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.
Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Macauley Southam-Hales of Bristol Rovers (7.5), ahead of Tyrell Warren (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Grimsby Town wins, 0 draws and 2 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Bristol Rovers's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Justin Amaluzor
- 27'Goal · Macauley Southam
- 39'Yellow card · K. Łopata
- 58'Yellow card · A. Kilgour
- 81'Yellow card · Ryan Howley
Head-to-head
Team news
Grimsby Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Christy Pym, Harvey Rodgers, Tyrell Warren, Cameron McJannet, Reece Staunton, Géza Dávid Turi, Justin Amaluzor, Kieran Green, Evan Khouri, Charles Vernam, Jaze Kabia
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke Southwood, Macauley Southam-Hales, Kacper Łopata, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Kamil Conteh, Josh McEachran, Luke Thomas, Ruel Sotiriou, Promise Omochere, Ellis Harrison