Swindon Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 20 September 2016

Result

Swindon Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 20 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swindon Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Swindon Town were beaten by Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 20 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lloyd Jones opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Swindon Town's goal came from Lloyd Jones (6'). Bristol Rovers scored through Matty Taylor (83', penalty) and an own goal by Raphael Rossi (84').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 18th on 8 points from 7 and Bristol Rovers 21st on 7 points from 7. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Lloyd JonesSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Stuart SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers
  • 43'Yellow card · Yaser KasimSwindon Town
  • 44'Yellow card · Billy BodinBristol Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Lee BrownBristol Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Darnell FurlongSwindon Town
  • 70'Yellow card · Conor ThomasSwindon Town
  • 83'Penalty goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 84'Own goal · Raphael RossiBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Tom LockyerBristol Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 4, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 3.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up

Lawrence Vigouroux, Nathan Thompson, Darnell Furlong, Lloyd Jones, Raphael Rossi, Conor Thomas, Yaser Kasim, James Brophy, Sean Murray, Jonathan Obika, Nathan Delfouneso

Bristol Rovers line-up

Kelle Roos, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney