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Bristol Rovers

1 — 2 Oct 21, 2026 · 12:15 AM IST

Salford City

League Two · Round 12

Venue Memorial Stadium, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Referee Dean Whitestone

Attendance 6,895

Player of the Match Keenan Gough 8.1 90' played

Match Events

6' Away ⚽ Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu — 0-1

20' Away ⚽ Daniel Udoh — 0-2

29' Away Elliot Bonds

37' Home Kofi Balmer

38' Home Ciarán Kelly

41' Home Shaqai Forde

45 + 1' Away Ryan Graydon

HT

48' Away Luke Garbutt

57' Home ⚽ Jack Sparkes — 1-2

67' Away ↔ Matt Butcher → Elliot Bonds

67' Away ↔ Macaulay Langstaff → Daniel Udoh

67' Away ↔ Will Aimson → Luke Garbutt

67' Away ↔ Jorge Grant → Ryan Graydon

69' Home ↔ Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny → Fabrizio Cavegn

81' Home ↔ Arvin Appiah → Jack Sparkes

81' Home ↔ Joe Quigley → Ellis Harrison

81' Home ↔ Bobby Kamwa → Shaqai Forde

83' Away ↔ Nathan Asiimwe → Luke Molyneux

90 + 3' Home Keenan Gough

FT

Match Stats

49 51

Ball possession

1.61 0.64

Expected goals (xG)

14 12

Total shots

6 5

Shots on target

22 18

Touches in opposition box

1 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

218 (63%) 243 (65%)

Accurate passes

4 3

Yellow cards

7 3

Corners

Lineups

Bristol Rovers (3-4-1-2)

Coach: Steve Evans

Starting XI

1 Brad Young 5.6

2 Tom James 6.8

5 Alfie Kilgour 6.8

17 Ciarán Kelly 7.2

4 Kofi Balmer 6.9

22 Keenan Gough 8.1

6 Clinton Mola 7.3

3 Jack Sparkes 7.4

7 Shaqai Forde 6.1

29 Fabrizio Cavegn 6.3

19 Ellis Harrison 5.1

Substitutes

8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 6.1

28 Arvin Appiah

10 Bobby Kamwa

9 Joe Quigley

32 Charlie Binns ↗

14 Ben Purrington

21 Richard Smallwood

Salford City (3-5-2)

Coach: Peter Cklamovski

Starting XI

1 Will Norris 7.2

22 Adebola Oluwo 7

17 Dan Scarr 7.9

24 Taylor Allen 7.9

43 Luke Molyneux 7.8

21 Kallum Cesay 7.4

16 Elliot Bonds 6.6

44 Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu 7.9

29 Luke Garbutt 7.1

19 Ryan Graydon 6.7

23 Daniel Udoh 7.6

Substitutes

4 Will Aimson 6.7

8 Jorge Grant 6.4

18 Matt Butcher 6.7

9 Macaulay Langstaff 6

2 Nathan Asiimwe

26 Lee Burge

14 Abraham Odoh