Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 March 2024

Result

Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 16 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Lincoln City 5-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Lincoln City defeated Bristol Rovers 5-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 March 2024. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Paudie O'Connor opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Paudie O'Connor (11'), Joe Taylor (19'), Joe Taylor (23'), Joe Taylor (55') and Reeco Hackett (81'). Bristol Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Lincoln City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 9th on 58 points from 38 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 50 points from 37. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.

Lincoln City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Taylor of Lincoln City (9.7), ahead of Lasse Sørensen (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Lincoln City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Paudie O'ConnorLincoln City · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Joe TaylorLincoln City · 2-0
  • 23'Goal · Joe TaylorLincoln City · 3-0
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Ethan ErhahonLincoln City
  • 46'Yellow card · Michael SkubalaLincoln City
  • 55'Goal · Joe TaylorLincoln City · 4-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Jovon MakamaLincoln City
  • 71'Missed penalty · A. EvansBristol Rovers
  • 71'Yellow card · Sean RoughanLincoln City
  • 76'Second yellow · Ethan ErhahonLincoln City
  • 81'Goal · Reeco HackettLincoln City · 5-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Brandon AguileraBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lincoln City 4, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 4.

Team news

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Lincoln City line-up (3-5-2)

Lukas Jensen, Alex Mitchell, Paudie O'Connor, Seán Roughan, Lasse Sørensen, Jack Moylan, Ethan Erhahon, Daniel Mandroiu, Reeco Hackett, Jovon Makama, Joe Taylor

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

Jed Ward, Tristan Crama, Connor Taylor, Elkan Baggott, Scott Sinclair, Sam Finley, Kamil Conteh, Harvey Vale, Antony Evans, Jevani Brown, Chris Martin