Bristol Rovers vs Salford City · League Two
Bristol Rovers
5-2-3
2 – 1
FT
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Salford City
6-1-3
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
Salford City led by one and still lost 2-1 to Bristol Rovers at Memorial Stadium (crowd 7,601); Salford City had not lost in 5 until now. Matt Butcher scored first for Salford City at the 11-minute mark and the equaliser came from Ellis Harrison in added time before the break; the goal that settled it came from Fabrizio Cavegn at the 63-minute mark. Haji Mnoga was shown a red card in added time at the end Yellow cards: six. Salford City had more of the shots, 18 to 7, and 53% of the ball. From 18 shots, Salford City found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 7,601
- Referee
- Gareth Rhodes
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Salford City form
- LWWWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Salford City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
17Fouls14
2Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards1
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks5
5Saves0
47.4%Possession52.6%
7Shots18
2On Goal6
30%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Luke Thomas
90'+7'
90'+7'
❌Luke GarbuttPenalty missed
90'+6'
🟥Haji Mnoga
🔁Ollie Dewsburyreplacing Fabrizio Cavegn
90'+3'
84'
🔁Joshua Austerfieldreplacing Brandon Cooper
🔁Bryant Bilongoreplacing Josh McEachran
81'
74'
🟨Haji Mnoga
64'
🔁Jorge Grantreplacing Ossama Ashley
64'
🔁Jay Birdreplacing Ben Woodburn
⚽Fabrizio Cavegn
63'2 - 1
🟨Clinton Mola
61'
57'
🟨Ossama Ashley
54'
🟨Luke Garbutt
🔁Kamil Contehreplacing Taylor Moore
45'
Half-time · 1-1
⚽Ellis Harrison
45'+2'1 - 1
🔁Luke Thomasreplacing Joel Cotterill
43'
40'
🟨Kadeem Harris
11'0 - 1
⚽Matt Butcher
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers3-5-2
29⚽↓Cavegn
19⚽Harrison
3Sparkes
14↓Cotterill
23Southam
24Chang
20↓McEachran
6🟨Mola
5Kilgour
4↓Moore
1Southwood
Bench
- 27Bryant Bilongoon for Josh McEachran, 81'
- 43Ollie Dewsburyon for Fabrizio Cavegn, 90'+3'
- 47Kian Hill
- 30Frederick Issaka
- 11Luke Thomason for Joel Cotterill, 43' 🟨
- 22Kamil Contehon for Taylor Moore, 45'
- 2Joel Senior
Salford City3-1-4-2
23Udoh
7↓Woodburn
14🟨Harris
4🟨↓Ashley
19🟥Mnoga
21Cesay
15↓Cooper
29🟨Garbutt
22Oluwo
18⚽Butcher
1Young
Bench
- 34Ruben Butt
- 33Mark Howard
- 17Joshua Austerfieldon for Brandon Cooper, 84'
- 11Jay Birdon for Ben Woodburn, 64'
- 12Thomas Edwards
- 8Jorge Granton for Ossama Ashley, 64'
- 6Oliver Turton
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
1Level
0Salford City wins
Last times they met
FT
Bristol Rovers
1–0
Salford City · 2021-22 English League Two
FT
Salford City
1–1
Bristol Rovers · 2021-22 English League Two
Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
W4-4W1-0W3-2W2-1D1-1
Last games: Salford City
D1-1W2-0W3-1W3-1W3-2
