BRISTOL. Derby County was in the end too much to handle for Bristol Rovers with the goal of Dwight Gayle (55′), Tom Barkhuizen (58′) and Martyn Waghorn (89′).

The match was played at the Memorial Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 9,937 spectators.​ The referee was Lee Swabey with the support of and James Vallance. The 4th official was Steven Plane.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Bristol Rovers was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Derby County that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bristol Rovers was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Derby County was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Bristol Rovers shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Derby County shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Kamil Conteh and C. Martin). Regarding the opposition, Derby County received 2 yellow cards (Dwight Gayle and Ebou Adams).

Standings

After this match, Bristol Rovers stays with 49 points to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Derby County will has 72 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Bristol Rovers will play away against Fleetwood Town on the 12th of March with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Fleetwood Town (6 draws).

Derby County will host Reading on the 12th of March with a 17-9 head to head statistic in favor of Reading (7 draws).

Bristol Rovers – Formation

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

The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: J. Ward (6.4), L. Hoole (6.4), C. Taylor (6.4), Elkan Baggott (7.0), L. Gordon (6.3), S. Finley (6.7), Kamil Conteh (6.3), H. Vale (7.1), A. Evans (7.0), S. Sinclair (6.8) and C. Martin (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: James Connolly, J. Grant, J. Marquis (6.1), J. Brown (6.4), T. Crama, M. Cox and Harry Vaughan.

Substitutions

Bristol Rovers made 2 changes: S. Finley for J. Marquis (79′) and L. Gordon for J. Brown (74′).

Player of the match: H. Vale​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol Rovers was H. Vale.

His rating is 7.1 with 22 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 11 crosses.

Derby County – Formation

Derby County started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Paul Warne played with: Joe Wildsmith (7.1), Curtis Nelson (7.3), Sonny Bradley (7.1), Eiran Joe Cashin (7.8), Joe Ward (7.3), Conor Hourihane (6.7), Ebou Adams (7.0), Louie Sibley (6.3), Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (7.7), Dwight Gayle (7.7) and Tom Barkhuizen (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kane Wilson (6.8), Martyn Waghorn (7.7), Korey Smith (7.3), Scott Loach, Liam Thompson, Keilen Robinson and Corey Blackett-Taylor.

Substitutions

Derby County made 5 changes: Dwight Gayle for Martyn Waghorn (73′), Ebou Adams for Korey Smith (73′), Tom Barkhuizen for Kane Wilson (83′), Conor Hourihane for Corey Blackett-Taylor (90′) and Nathaniel Méndez-Laing for Liam Thompson (90′).

Player of the match: Tom Barkhuizen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Derby County was Tom Barkhuizen.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 23 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Wigan Athletic – Leyton Orient – 1-0
• Stevenage – Fleetwood Town – 0-0
• Reading – Wycombe Wanderers – 1-2
• Port Vale – Shrewsbury Town – 1-2
• Oxford United – Cheltenham Town – 2-1
• Exeter City – Bolton Wanderers – 2-2
• Charlton Athletic – Carlisle United – 3-2
• Cambridge United – Northampton Town – 1-1
• Burton Albion – Peterborough United – 1-3
• Bristol Rovers – Derby County – 0-3
• Blackpool – Portsmouth – 0-0
• Barnsley – Lincoln City – 1-5