Northampton Town 0-6 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 October 2017
Result
Northampton Town 0-6 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 7 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Northampton Town 0-6 Bristol Rovers: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Bristol Rovers 0-6 in the League One on Saturday 7 October 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Billy Bodin opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Northampton Town did not score. Bristol Rovers scored through Billy Bodin (37'), Ellis Harrison (56'), Ellis Harrison (61'), R. Gaffney (72'), Liam Sercombe (76') and D. Telford (86').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 8 points from 11 and Bristol Rovers 14th on 15 points from 11. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 37'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 42'Yellow card · Matt Grimes
- 43'Missed penalty · Tom Nichols
- 56'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 57'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 61'Goal · Ellis Harrison
- 69'Red card · Alex Revell
- 72'Goal · R. Gaffney
- 76'Goal · Liam Sercombe
- 86'Goal · D. Telford
- 90+3'Yellow card · D. Telford
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, R. Hanley, Sam Foley, Dean Bowditch, Matt Grimes, Marc Richards, A. Revell
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sam Slocombe, Tom Broadbent, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Rollin Menayese, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney