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
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.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Lloyd Jones
- 31'Yellow card · Stuart Sinclair
- 43'Yellow card · R. Gaffney
- 43'Yellow card · Yaser Kasim
- 44'Yellow card · Billy Bodin
- 50'Yellow card · Lee Brown
- 67'Yellow card · Darnell Furlong
- 70'Yellow card · Conor Thomas
- 83'Penalty goal · Matty Taylor
- 84'Own goal · Raphael Rossi
- 87'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
Head-to-head
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