Grimsby Town vs Bristol Rovers · League Two
Grimsby Town
3-4-0
2 – 0
FT
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Bristol Rovers
4-0-3
Blundell Park · Grimsby · England
The game ended Grimsby Town 2, Bristol Rovers 0 at Blundell Park (crowd 6,945); Bristol Rovers had won 3 in a row before this. Kieran Green scored the winner at the 22-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Géza Dávid Turi scored after 40 minutes. Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers was dismissed at the 75-minute mark Five bookings were handed out by Edward Duckworth. Grimsby led the shot count 8-3 and held 52% possession. 3 of the 8 shots by Grimsby were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Blundell Park · Grimsby · England
- Crowd
- 6,945
- Referee
- Edward Duckworth (Referee)
- Grimsby form
- LLLLD
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
9Fouls12
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards1
3Offsides4
8Corner Kicks8
1Saves1
52.3%Possession47.7%
8Shots3
3On Goal1
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
155Accurate Passes119
260Passes234
60%Pass Completion %50%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots1
6Effective Tackles7
11Tackles14
50%Tackle %50%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
52Clearances29
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
🔁Cian Doylereplacing Mark Shelton
88'
🔁Ryley Reynoldsreplacing Sonny Finch
88'
78'
🔁Reiss-Alexander Russell-Dennyreplacing Richard Smallwood
75'
🟥Tommy Leigh
🔁Finley Cartwrightreplacing Charles Vernam
74'
🔁Iwan Morganreplacing Andy Cook
74'
🟨Charles Vernam
71'
🔁Edon Prutireplacing Harvey Rodgers
68'
64'
🟨Kofi Balmer
🟨Kieran Green
64'
45'
🔁Ellis Harrisonreplacing Shaqai Forde
45'
🔁Jack Aitchisonreplacing Bobby Kamwa
45'
🔁Joe Quigleyreplacing Fabrizio Cavegn
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Géza Dávid Turi
40'2 - 0
38'
🟨Shaqai Forde
26'
🔁Ciaran Kellyreplacing Riley Harbottle
⚽Kieran Green
22'1 - 0
10'
🟨Ben Purrington
Kick-off
Teams
Grimsby Town4-1-4-1
39↓Cook
29↓Shelton
30🟨↓Vernam
10↓Finch
4⚽🟨Green
15⚽Turi
3Sweeney
17McJannett
5↓Rodgers
2Kacurri
42Harrington
Bench
- 28Finley Cartwrighton for Charles Vernam, 74'
- 26Edon Prution for Harvey Rodgers, 68'
- 7Jamie Walker
- 8Cian Doyleon for Mark Shelton, 88'
- 9Iwan Morganon for Andy Cook, 74'
- 41Sebastian Auton
- 11Ryley Reynoldson for Sonny Finch, 88'
Bristol Rovers4-2-3-1
29↓Cavegn
10↓Kamwa
24🟥Leigh
7🟨↓Forde
6Mola
21↓Smallwood
14🟨Purrington
26↓Harbottle
2James
4🟨Balmer
1Young
Bench
- 32Charlie Binns
- 11Jack Aitchisonon for Bobby Kamwa, 45'
- 9Joe Quigleyon for Fabrizio Cavegn, 45'
- 19Ellis Harrisonon for Shaqai Forde, 45'
- 8Reiss-Alexander Russell-Dennyon for Richard Smallwood, 78'
- 17Ciaran Kellyon for Riley Harbottle, 26'
- 27Philip Sanyaolu
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
0Grimsby wins
2Level
3Bristol Rovers wins
Last times they met
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Bristol Rovers
3–1
Grimsby · 2025-26 English League Two
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Grimsby
0–1
Bristol Rovers · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Bristol Rovers
1–1
Grimsby · 2014/15 English Conference
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Grimsby
0–1
Bristol Rovers · 2014/15 English Conference
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Bristol Rovers
0–0
Grimsby · 2014/15 English Conference
Form
Last games: Grimsby
W1-0D0-0D2-2D2-2D2-2
Last games: Bristol Rovers
W5-3L2-2W2-0W2-0W1-0
