Oxford United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 February 2018

Result

Oxford United 1-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 10 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Oxford United 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Oxford United were beaten by Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 February 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Joe Rothwell opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Oxford United's goal came from Joe Rothwell (2'). Bristol Rovers scored through K. Bennett (68') and Ellis Harrison (80').

Discipline: Oxford United received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Oxford United were 10th on 41 points from 30 and Bristol Rovers 13th on 39 points from 30. Oxford United went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.

Oxford United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Oxford United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bristol Rovers.

Going into the match Oxford United's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Bristol Rovers's L-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Joe RothwellOxford United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Aaron MartinOxford United
  • 68'Goal · K. BennettBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · K. BennettBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Oxford United 3, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 5.

Team news

Oxford United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Eastwood, Aaron Martin, Ashley Smith-Brown, John Mousinho, Ryan Ledson, Josh Ruffels, Joe Rothwell, Todd Kane, Alex Mowatt, Wes Thomas, Isaac Buckley-Ricketts

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

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Broadbent, Tony Craig, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Kyle Bennett, Ellis Harrison