Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025
Result
Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Walsall 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Walsall won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Fabrizio Cavegn opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Walsall's goals came from Aaron Pressley (69') and Aaron Pressley (78'). Bristol Rovers scored through Fabrizio Cavegn (27').
Discipline: Walsall received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 8th on 17 points from 10. Walsall went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 62.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Pressley of Walsall (8.2), ahead of Alfie Kilgour (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Bristol Rovers's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Alfie Chang
- 27'Goal · Fabrizio Cavegn
- 39'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 69'Goal · Aaron Pressley
- 78'Goal · Aaron Pressley
- 83'Yellow card · Jack Sparkes
- 84'Yellow card · Courtney Clarke
- 90+3'Yellow card · Evan Weir
- 90+10'Yellow card · Brandon Comley
Head-to-head
Team news
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Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Myles Roberts, Harrison Burke, Aden Flint, Evan Weir, Connor Barrett, Ryan Finnigan, Lewis Warrington, Charlie Lakin, Vincent Harper, Aaron Pressley, Daniel Kanu
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Southwood, Macauley Southam-Hales, Kacper Łopata, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Luke Thomas, Alfie Chang, Bryant Bilongo, Josh McEachran, Ellis Harrison, Fabrizio Cavegn