Ipswich Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 14 December 2019
Result
Ipswich Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 14 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Ipswich Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report
Ipswich Town lost to Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 14 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Tyler Smith opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Ipswich Town's goal came from James Norwood (37'). Bristol Rovers scored through Tyler Smith (4') and Tom Nichols (23').
Discipline: Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Ipswich Town were 2nd on 36 points from 18 and Bristol Rovers 5th on 31 points from 18. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.
Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Norwood of Ipswich Town (8.2), ahead of Tom Nichols (8.0).
Going into the match Ipswich Town's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Bristol Rovers's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Tyler Smith
- 14'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 23'Goal · Tom Nichols
- 37'Goal · James Norwood
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 45+1'Yellow card · Flynn Downes
- 49'Yellow card · Anssi Jaakkola
- 51'Yellow card · Luke Woolfenden
- 77'Second yellow · Ollie Clarke
Team news
Ipswich Town line-up (4-3-3)
Tomas Holy, Cole Skuse, Luke Woolfenden, James Wilson, Luke Garbutt, Andre Dozzell, Flynn Downes, Abdelhak Belaid, James Norwood, Will Keane, Kayden Jackson
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Rollin Menayese, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Alex Rodman, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Liam Sercombe, Luke Leahy, Tom Nichols, Tyler Smith