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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Justin AmaluzorGrimsby Town
  • 27'Goal · Macauley SouthamBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · K. ŁopataBristol Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · A. KilgourBristol Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan HowleyBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Grimsby Town 2, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 2.

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