Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 22 February 2025

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 22 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Northampton Town won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Dara Costelloe (61') and Nesta Guinness-Walker (78'). Bristol Rovers scored through Scott Sinclair (46').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 19th on 33 points from 31 and Bristol Rovers 18th on 35 points from 31. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.

Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Hutchinson of Bristol Rovers (7.3), ahead of Max Dyche (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 2 draws and 7 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Scott SinclairBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Connor TaylorBristol Rovers
  • 61'Goal · Dara CostelloeNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Nesta Guinness-WalkerNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Mitch PinnockNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · James WilsonBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 7.

Team news

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Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Nik Tzanev, Aaron McGowan, Max Dyche, Akin Odimayo, Sam Hoskins, Liam Shaw, Terry Taylor, Mitch Pinnock, Cameron McGeehan, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Dara Costelloe

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

Jed Ward, Jack Hunt, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Lino Sousa, Isaac Hutchinson, Matt Butcher, Luke Thomas, Ruel Sotiriou, Scott Sinclair, Chris Martin