Bristol Rovers vs Salford City · League Two
Bristol Rovers
5-0-7
1 – 2
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Salford City
8-1-3
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
Bristol Rovers lost 2-1 to Salford City at Memorial Stadium (crowd 6,895); Salford City have now won 3 straight. Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu got the deciding goal at the 6-minute mark and it went to 0-2 when Daniel Udoh scored after 20 minutes; Bristol Rovers answered through Jack Sparkes at the 57-minute mark. Yellow cards: seven. Salford City kept the ball 51% of the time and shot 12 times, Bristol Rovers 14. 6 of the 14 shots by Bristol Rovers were on target. Bristol Rovers move to 15 points in 16th; Salford City have 25 in 1st.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 6,895
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Salford City form
- WLWWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Salford City | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Side by side
15Fouls14
4Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
7Corner Kicks3
3Saves5
48.8%Possession51.2%
14Shots12
6On Goal5
40%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
218Accurate Passes243
347Passes374
60%Pass Completion %70%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots3
11Effective Tackles10
14Tackles12
80%Tackle %80%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
30Clearances45
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
🟨Keenan Gough
90'+3'
83'
🔁Nathan Asilmwereplacing Luke Molyneux
🔁Bobby Kamwareplacing Shaqai Forde
81'
🔁Joe Quigleyreplacing Ellis Harrison
81'
🔁Arvin Appiahreplacing Jack Sparkes
81'
🔁Reiss-Alexander Russell-Dennyreplacing Fabrizio Cavegn
69'
67'
🔁Jorge Grantreplacing Ryan Graydon
67'
🔁Will Aimsonreplacing Luke Garbutt
67'
🔁Macaulay Langstaffreplacing Daniel Udoh
67'
🔁Matt Butcherreplacing Elliott Bonds
⚽Jack Sparkes
57'1 - 2
❌Ellis HarrisonPenalty missed
54'
48'
🟨Luke Garbutt
Half-time · 0-2
45'+1'
🟨Ryan Graydon
🟨Shaqai Forde
41'
🟨Ciaran Kelly
38'
🟨Kofi Balmer
37'
29'
🟨Elliott Bonds
20'0 - 2
⚽Daniel Udoh
6'0 - 1
⚽Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers3-4-1-2
29↓Cavegn
19↓Harrison
7🟨↓Forde
3⚽↓Sparkes
6Mola
2James
22🟨Gough
17🟨Kelly
5Kilgour
4🟨Balmer
1Young
Bench
- 8Reiss-Alexander Russell-Dennyon for Fabrizio Cavegn, 69'
- 10Bobby Kamwaon for Shaqai Forde, 81'
- 14Ben Purrington
- 21Richard Smallwood
- 28Arvin Appiahon for Jack Sparkes, 81'
- 9Joe Quigleyon for Ellis Harrison, 81'
- 32Charlie Binns
Salford City3-5-2
23⚽↓Udoh
19🟨↓Graydon
29🟨↓Garbutt
44⚽Sarpong-Wiredu
43↓Molyneux
21Cesay
16🟨↓Bonds
24Allen
17Scarr
22Oluwo
1Norris
Bench
- 2Nathan Asilmweon for Luke Molyneux, 83'
- 9Macaulay Langstaffon for Daniel Udoh, 67'
- 4Will Aimsonon for Luke Garbutt, 67'
- 18Matt Butcheron for Elliott Bonds, 67'
- 14Abraham Odoh
- 8Jorge Granton for Ryan Graydon, 67'
- 26Lee Burge
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 25 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 21 |
| 3 |  Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | +4 | 21 |
| 4 |  Walsall | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +9 | 19 |
| 5 |  Cheltenham Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 |  York City | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +6 | 17 |
| 7 |  Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 17 |
| 8 |  Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 |  Chesterfield | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 |
| 10 |  Exeter City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 16 |
| 11 |  Accrington Stanley | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Newport County | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Rochdale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 |  Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 |  Bristol Rovers | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 |  Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 |  Colchester United | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 |  Port Vale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 11 |
| 23 |  Northampton Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
Meetings
2Bristol Rovers wins
1Level
1Salford City wins
Last times they met
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1–1
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Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
W1-0L3-1L4-1L3-1L1-0
Last games: Salford City
W4-1W1-0L1-1W2-0W2-1
