Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Rochdale drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sam Nicholson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rochdale's goal came from Alex Newby (25'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (9').

Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 14th on 11 points from 9 and Bristol Rovers 13th on 11 points from 8. Rochdale went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Nicholson of Bristol Rovers (8.0), ahead of Eoghan O'Connell (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rochdale wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Sam NicholsonBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Alex NewbyRochdale · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Josh GrantBristol Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Oliver RathboneRochdale
  • 80'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 90'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellRochdale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 4, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up (4-5-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Ryan McLaughlin, Eoghan O'Connell, Haydon Roberts, Tolaji Bola, Alex Newby, Jimmy Ryan, Aaron Morley, Matthew Lund, Oliver Rathbone, Jake Beesley

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)

Anssi Jaakkola, Max Ehmer, Jack Baldwin, Cian Harries, Josh Hare, Joshua Grant, Sam Nicholson, Zain Westbrooke, David Tutonda, James Daly, Brandon Hanlan