BRISTOL. Bristol Rovers recovers against Tranmere Rovers with a goal on the C. MacDonald 25′ and a goal on the P. Glatzel 75′. Bristol Rovers was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Memorial Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Tom Reeves with the help of Christopher Kidd and Michael Begley. The 4th official was Justin Amey. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bristol Rovers was in firm control of the ball 58% while Tranmere Rovers was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol Rovers was was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Bristol Rovers to win the match​.

Bristol Rovers shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Tranmere Rovers shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards (A. Kilgour and A. Evans). Regarding the opposition, Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards (C. MacDonald, T. Davies and N. Knight-Percival).

Standings

After this encounter, Bristol Rovers will have 22 points like Rochdale to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Tranmere Rovers will have 23 points like Bradford City and Hartlepool United to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Bristol Rovers will play away against Salford City on the 23rd of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Tranmere Rovers will host Bradford City on the 23rd of November with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Bristol Rovers – Formation

Bristol Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Joey Barton decided to play with the following team: J. Belshaw (6.4), A. Kilgour (6.8), C. Taylor (6.1), C. Harries (6.2), H. Anderson (6.2), S. Finley (7.5), P. Coutts (6.4), J. Grant (6.4), A. Evans (7.4), S. Spence (6.8) and S. Nicholson (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: J. Ward, Z. Westbrooke, B. Pitman, L. Thomas, A. Collins (6.8), N. Anderton (6.5) and G. Whelan (6.4).

Bristol Rovers could not rely on the presence of N. Anderton (injured).

Substitutions

Bristol Rovers made 3 changes: A. Kilgour for N. Anderton (53′), S. Spence for G. Whelan (62′) and H. Anderson for A. Collins (79′).

Best player: S. Finley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol Rovers was S. Finley.

His rating is (7.5) with 43 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Tranmere Rovers – Formation

Tranmere Rovers started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Micky Mellon played with: R. Doohan (6.2), J. Dacres-Cogley (6.1), T. Davies (6.2), P. Clarke (6.5), N. Knight-Percival (6.2), C. MacDonald (7.2), K. Morris (6.4), L. O’Connor (7.6), J. Hawkes (7.4), P. Glatzel (7.9) and E. Nevitt (6.6).

They had on the bench: S. Foley (6.6), C. McManaman, L. Feeney, J. Murphy, N. Maynard (6.2), M. Duffy and R. Watson.

Substitutions

Tranmere Rovers made 2 changes: E. Nevitt for N. Maynard (46′) and T. Davies for S. Foley (73′).

Best player: P. Glatzel​

The player that probably impressed the most for Tranmere Rovers was P. Glatzel.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 16 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Bristol Rovers – Tranmere Rovers – 2-2
• Barrow – Crawley Town – 0-1
• Bradford City – Northampton Town – 1-1
• Exeter City – Carlisle United – 2-1
• Harrogate Town – Salford City – 0-2
• Hartlepool United – Forest Green Rovers – 1-3
• Leyton Orient – Sutton United – 4-1
• Mansfield Town – Scunthorpe United – 3-1
• Newport County – Swindon Town – 1-2
• Oldham Athletic – Port Vale – 3-2
• Stevenage – Colchester United – 1-0
• Walsall – Rochdale – 0-0