Bristol Rovers vs Walsall · League Two
Bristol Rovers
8-3-18
2 – 0
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Walsall
14-7-8
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
The game ended Bristol Rovers 2, Walsall 0 at Memorial Stadium (crowd 6,297); Walsall had not lost in 4 until now. Yusuf Akhamrich got the deciding goal at the 61-minute mark and Kofi Balmer widened the gap just three minutes after that. Walsall led the shot count 15-10 and held 53% possession. Bristol Rovers hit the target 6 times from 10 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 6,297
- Referee
- Alex Chilowicz
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Walsall form
- DWDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Walsall | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
8Fouls6
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
5Corner Kicks5
3Saves4
46.9%Possession53.1%
10Shots15
6On Goal3
60%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%
2Blocked Shots8
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
🔁Taylor Moorereplacing Ellis Harrison
90'+5'
🔁Mees Rijksreplacing Fabrizio Cavegn
87'
🔁Joel Seniorreplacing Yusuf Akhamrich
83'
67'
🔁Rico Richardsreplacing Courtney Clarke
67'
🔁Charlie Lakinreplacing Alfie Chang
66'
🔁Aaron Pressleyreplacing Albert Adomah
⚽Kofi Balmer
64'2 - 0
⚽Yusuf Akhamrich
61'1 - 0
59'
🟨Alex Pattison
Half-time
🟨Jack Sparkes
43'
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers3-4-2-1
29↓Cavegn
7Forde
19↓Harrison
3🟨Sparkes
6Mola
10⚽↓Akhamrich
15De Havilland
26Harbottle
5Kilgour
17⚽Balmer
13Young
Bench
- 4Taylor Mooreon for Ellis Harrison, 90'+5'
- 35Mees Rijkson for Fabrizio Cavegn, 87'
- 2Joel Senioron for Yusuf Akhamrich, 83'
- 11Luke Thomas
- 14Kane Thompson-Sommers
- 20Josh McEachran
- 1Luke Southwood
Walsall3-5-2
15Kanu
37↓Adomah
3Hancock
17↓Clarke
2Barrett
23🟨Pattison
20↓Chang
5Burke
4Flint
6Farquharson
1Roberts
Bench
- 8Charlie Lakinon for Alfie Chang, 67'
- 30Evan Weir
- 11Aaron Loupalo-Bi
- 19Aaron Pressleyon for Albert Adomah, 66'
- 12Sam Hornby
- 14Brandon Comley
- 31Rico Richardson for Courtney Clarke, 67'
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
3Bristol Rovers wins
1Level
1Walsall wins
Last times they met
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2–1
Bristol Rovers · 2025-26 English League Two
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1–0
Walsall · 2021-22 English League Two
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Walsall
1–2
Bristol Rovers · 2021-22 English League Two
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Walsall
1–2
Bristol Rovers · 2020-21 English FA Cup
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Bristol Rovers
2–2
Walsall · 2020-21 EFL Trophy
Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
L4-3L1-0L1-0L1-0W3-0
Last games: Walsall
L4-2W3-1D0-0D0-0D2-2
