Bristol Rovers - Rotherham

Logo Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
-
League Two Season 2026 - Round 5
1 - 0
Finished
Referee: D. Drysdale
Logo Rotherham
Rotherham
-

Result

Ball possession

44%
56%

Timeline

Tommy Leigh
1-0
32'
Tommy Leigh (out)
Ellis Harrison (in)
46'
51'
Tom Bradshaw (out)
(in)
57'
Jayce Fitzgerald
Fabrizio cavegn (out)
Jack Aitchison (in)
59'
61'
Brandon Ashley Cover (out)
Kieran Ngwenya (in)
61'
Jayce Fitzgerald (out)
Ossama Ashley (in)
Bobby Kamwa (out)
Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (in)
69'
Clinton Mola
73'
74'
Josh Austerfield
78'
Emmanuel Adegboyega (out)
Paul Mullin (in)
79'
Jili Buyabu (out)
Aaron Nemane (in)
Shaqai Forde (out)
(in)
86'
90+5'
Kieran Ngwenya

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 Bristol Rovers 1.73 1.72 1.70 1.75 1.75 1.70 1.74 1.70 1.73 1.63 1.71 1.73
X Draw 3.85 3.78 3.90 3.90 4.00 3.90 4.10 3.78 3.89 3.46 3.85 3.60
2 Rotherham 4.33 4.42 4.33 4.15 4.33 4.60 4.30 4.45 4.62 3.76 4.40 4.33

Previous confrontations (H2H)

2 Bristol Rovers
1 Draw
3 Rotherham
50% Over 2.5 goals
33% Both teams scored
2.3 Goals per match
Logo Bristol Rovers 2 | Logo Rotherham 3 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Rotherham 3-0 Bristol Rovers (2020)
Most goals: Bristol Rovers 2-3 Rotherham (2025)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
0.83
Logo Rotherham
1.50
Goals in home matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
1.67
Logo Rotherham
1.67
Goals in away matches
Logo Bristol Rovers
0.00
Logo Rotherham
1.33
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Bristol Rovers and Rotherham →
Won 😎
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 3
2
Rotherham
-
Rotherham
3
Draw 🤔
Rotherham
-
Rotherham 3
0
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 2
0
Walkover 🔥
Rotherham
-
Rotherham
3
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 2
0
Won 😀
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
1
Rotherham
-
Rotherham
0
Won 😎
Rotherham
-
Rotherham
2
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers
0
Won 😀
Bristol Rovers
-
Bristol Rovers 2
2
Rotherham
-
Rotherham
1

Stats

Bristol Rovers
Rotherham
5
Shots on goal
2
4
Shots off goal
3
12
Total shots
7
3
Blocked shots
2
9
Shots inside box
6
3
Shots outside box
1
9
Fouls
9
10
Corners
4
3
Offsides
1
1
Yellow cards
3
2
Goalkeeper saved
4
281
Total passes
364
183
Passes success
260
65%
Passes %
71%
1.35
Expected goals (xG)
1.39

Stadion

Stadion name

Memorial Stadium

Capacity

11916

Address

Filton Avenue, Horfield
Bristol, Gloucestershire

table 2026

League Two
Team Pts
Salford City Salford City 31
Barnet Barnet 26
Walsall Walsall 22
Crewe Crewe 22
Cheltenham Cheltenham 21
Grimsby Grimsby 20
York York 20
Gillingham Gillingham 20
Accrington ST Accrington ST 19
Chesterfield Chesterfield 19
Tranmere Tranmere 19
Exeter City Exeter City 19
Swindon Town Swindon Town 19
Newport County Newport County 18
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 18
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 17
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 16
Port Vale Port Vale 15
Rochdale Rochdale 15
Northampton Northampton 14
Oldham Oldham 12
Rotherham Rotherham 12
Colchester Colchester 12
Crawley Town Crawley Town 9
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Steve Evans
1
Brad Young
2
Thomas James
4
Kofi Balmer
26
Riley Harbottle
14
Ben Purrington
6
Clinton Mola
21
Richard Smallwood
7
Shaqai Forde
24
Tommy Leigh
10
Bobby Kamwa
29
Fabrizio cavegn
9
Tom Bradshaw
7
Fabio Tavares
15
Jayce Fitzgerald
24
Jili Buyabu
4
Josh Austerfield
28
Brandon Ashley Cover
12
Denzel Hall
3
Ewan Otoo
14
Sonny Aljofree
16
Emmanuel Adegboyega
1
Ted Cann
Rotherham — Formation: 3-4-2-1 Logo Rotherham
Coach: Alex Bruce

Substitutes

Substitutes Bristol Rovers

Name Age Position
Alfie Kilgour 28 Defender
Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 20 Midfielder
Ellis Harrison 32 Attacker
Jack Aitchison 26 Attacker
Joe Quigley 30 Attacker

Substitutes Rotherham

Name Age Position
Julian Eyestone 20 Goalkeeper
Kieran Ngwenya 23 Defender
Joe Rafferty 33 Defender
Ossama Ashley 25 Midfielder
Aaron Nemane 29 Midfielder
Paul Mullin 32 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
4 Logo Bristol Rovers Kofi Balmer 8.3 90 Defender - 0 1 1 13 - 10 2 - 1 5 4 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Bristol Rovers Ellis Harrison (sub) 8.2 45 Attacker - 0 1 1 17 - 10 - 1 - 15 11 - - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Bristol Rovers Brad Young 7.5 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 31 - 14 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0
2 Logo Bristol Rovers Thomas James 7.5 90 Defender - 0 - - 35 2 24 1 - 2 9 4 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Bristol Rovers Riley Harbottle 7.3 90 Defender - 0 1 - 23 - 17 4 - 3 19 14 1 - 3 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Bristol Rovers Tommy Leigh 7.3 45 Midfielder 1 0 2 1 15 2 12 - - - 7 3 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Bristol Rovers Richard Smallwood ©️ 7.2 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 25 - 19 2 1 1 6 5 2 2 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Rotherham Denzel Hall 7.2 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 35 - 25 3 1 2 7 4 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Bristol Rovers Jack Aitchison (sub) 7.0 31 Midfielder - 0 1 1 7 2 5 - - - 4 2 1 - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Bristol Rovers Clinton Mola 6.9 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 28 1 18 1 - 2 11 7 3 3 3 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Bristol Rovers Shaqai Forde 6.9 86 Midfielder - 0 1 - 21 - 16 2 - - 5 2 - - 1 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Rotherham Ted Cann 6.9 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 32 - 17 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 4 1 0 0 0
14 Logo Rotherham Sonny Aljofree 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 45 1 36 - - - 5 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Rotherham Ossama Ashley (sub) 6.9 29 Midfielder - 0 - - 22 - 15 1 - - 4 3 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Bristol Rovers Fabrizio cavegn 6.7 59 Attacker - 0 - - 8 - 6 - - - 5 3 2 2 - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Rotherham Kieran Ngwenya (sub) 6.7 29 Defender - 0 - - 15 - 13 - - - 4 1 - - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Rotherham Aaron Nemane (sub) 6.7 11 Attacker - 0 - - 6 1 4 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Bristol Rovers Ben Purrington 6.6 90 Defender - 0 1 - 34 - 18 1 - 2 7 5 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Rotherham Jili Buyabu 6.6 79 Midfielder - 0 - - 16 - 15 - - 1 5 3 1 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Rotherham Emmanuel Adegboyega 6.5 78 Defender - 0 1 - 40 - 27 - - - 10 6 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Rotherham Jayce Fitzgerald 6.5 61 Attacker - 0 - - 24 1 19 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Bristol Rovers Bobby Kamwa 6.3 69 Midfielder - 0 1 1 13 - 9 - - - 2 - - - - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Bristol Rovers Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (sub) 6.3 21 Midfielder - 0 - - 8 1 5 - - - 5 2 2 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Rotherham Ewan Otoo 6.3 90 Defender - 0 1 - 32 2 19 2 - - 13 6 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Rotherham Brandon Ashley Cover 6.3 61 Midfielder - 0 1 1 26 - 20 - - - 4 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Rotherham Fabio Tavares 6.3 90 Attacker - 0 2 1 9 - 7 - - 1 9 2 4 1 - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Rotherham Paul Mullin (sub) 6.3 12 Attacker - 0 - - 5 - 3 - - - 2 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Rotherham Josh Austerfield 6.2 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 45 1 31 3 1 1 12 4 1 - 3 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Rotherham Tom Bradshaw ©️ 6.2 51 Attacker - 0 - - 5 - 3 - - - 10 2 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Bristol Rovers Alfie Kilgour (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Bristol Rovers Joe Quigley (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
13 Logo Rotherham Julian Eyestone (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Rotherham Joe Rafferty (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -