Bristol Rovers vs Accrington Stanley · League Two
Bristol Rovers
14-4-22
2 – 0
FT
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Accrington Stanley
13-9-17
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
Bristol Rovers finished 2-0 ahead of Accrington Stanley at Memorial Stadium (crowd 8,805); Bristol Rovers have now won 3 straight. The goal that settled it came from Riley Harbottle at the 5-minute mark and Jack Sparkes added to the lead after 53 minutes. Yellow cards: five. Accrington kept the ball 59% of the time and shot 9 times, Bristol Rovers 10. From 10 shots, Bristol Rovers found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 8,805
- Referee
- Ben Speedie
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Accrington form
- WDWDW
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Accrington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
13Fouls11
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
5Corner Kicks7
1Saves1
41.5%Possession58.5%
10Shots9
3On Goal2
30%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots5
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
🔁Ellis Harrisonreplacing Joe Quigley
90'+1'
83'
🟨Tyler Walton
80'
🟨Freddie Sass
75'
🔁Dan Martinreplacing Connor O'Brien
75'
🔁Dave Abimbolareplacing Patrick Madden
🟨Mees Rijks
67'
🔁Shaqai Fordereplacing Tommy Leigh
66'
🔁Mees Rijksreplacing Fabrizio Cavegn
66'
62'
🔁Tyler Waltonreplacing Charlie Brown
54'
🔁Freddie Sassreplacing Devon Matthews
⚽Jack Sparkes
53'2 - 0
52'
🟨Devon Matthews
🟨Riley Harbottle
49'
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Riley Harbottle
5'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers3-4-1-2
29↓Cavegn
27↓Quigley
24↓Leigh
3⚽Sparkes
6Mola
2Senior
36Smallwood
26⚽🟨Harbottle
5Kilgour
17Balmer
13Young
Bench
- 15Ryan De Havilland
- 1Luke Southwood
- 19Ellis Harrisonon for Joe Quigley, 90'+1'
- 11Luke Thomas
- 14Kane Thompson-Sommers
- 7Shaqai Fordeon for Tommy Leigh, 66'
- 35Mees Rijkson for Fabrizio Cavegn, 66' 🟨
Accrington Stanley3-1-4-2
39Woods
8↓Madden
20↓Brown
11Sinclair
38↓O'Brien
7Whalley
17🟨↓Matthews
2Love
5Rawson
28Conneely
13Wright
Bench
- 27Dave Abimbolaon for Patrick Madden, 75'
- 25Josh Smith
- 24Luke Butterfield
- 22Dan Martinon for Connor O'Brien, 75'
- 23Tyler Waltonon for Charlie Brown, 62' 🟨
- 1Michael Kelly
- 3Freddie Sasson for Devon Matthews, 54' 🟨
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
1Bristol Rovers wins
0Level
4Accrington wins
Last times they met
FT
Accrington
3–1
Bristol Rovers · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Accrington
2–0
Bristol Rovers · 2022-23 English League One
FT
Bristol Rovers
0–1
Accrington · 2022-23 English League One
FT
Bristol Rovers
4–1
Accrington · 2020-21 English League One
FT
Accrington
6–1
Bristol Rovers · 2020-21 English League One
Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
W2-1W2-0L1-0W1-0W2-1
Last games: Accrington
L2-1D1-1D0-0L4-0L1-0
