Sunderland 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 September 2020

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 12 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Sunderland drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 12 September 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sunderland's goal came from Chris Maguire (82'). Bristol Rovers scored through Luke Leahy (3', penalty).

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Maguire of Sunderland (9.2), ahead of Luke O'Nien (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Penalty goal · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 11'Yellow card · M. LittleBristol Rovers
  • 21'Yellow card · Bailey WrightSunderland
  • 82'Goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Anssi JaakkolaBristol Rovers
  • 90+6'Red card · George DobsonSunderland
  • 90+6'Yellow card · David TutondaBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)

Lee Burge, Jordan Willis, Bailey Wright, Tom Flanagan, Luke O'Nien, George Dobson, Max Power, Denver Hume, Chris Maguire, Will Grigg, Aiden O'Brien

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

Anssi Jaakkola, Cian Harries, Max Ehmer, Alfie Kilgour, Mark Little, Joshua Grant, Zain Westbrooke, Luke Leahy, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson, Sam Nicholson, Brandon Hanlan