Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Swindon Town drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Kane Thompson-Sommers opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Swindon Town's goal came from Ollie Palmer (58'). Bristol Rovers scored through Kane Thompson-Sommers (43').
Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swindon Town were 5th on 61 points from 34 and Bristol Rovers 20th on 30 points from 33. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.
Swindon Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Batty of Swindon Town (7.8), ahead of Brad Young (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swindon Town wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 32'Yellow card · Ollie Clarke
- 43'Goal · Kane Thompson-Sommers
- 58'Goal · Ollie Palmer
- 83'Yellow card · Joel Senior
- 88'Yellow card · Joe Quigley
- 90'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
Head-to-head
Team news
Swindon Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Connor Ripley, Will Wright, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Jake Batty, Joe Snowdon, Aidan Borland, Gavin Kilkenny, Junior Hoilett, Ollie Clarke, Aaron Drinan, Ollie Palmer
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Clinton Mola, Yusuf Akhamrich, Ryan De Havilland, Richard Smallwood, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Joe Quigley, Ellis Harrison