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Bristol Rovers
FT
1–2
20 Oct 2026
Salford City
Europa League Tue 20 Oct, 19:45London Memorial Stadium, Bristol 6,895 attendance

Timeline

  1. 6' Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu
  2. 20' Daniel Udoh
  3. 29' Elliott Bonds Yellow Card
  4. 37' Kofi Balmer Yellow Card
  5. 38' Ciaran Kelly Yellow Card
  6. 41' Shaqai Forde Yellow Card
  7. 45'+1' Ryan Graydon Yellow Card
  8. 48' Luke Garbutt Yellow Card
  9. 54' Ellis Harrison Penalty - Missed
  10. 57' Jack Sparkes
  11. 67' Matt Butcher for Elliott Bonds
  12. 67' Macaulay Langstaff for Daniel Udoh
  13. 67' Will Aimson for Luke Garbutt
  14. 67' Jorge Grant for Ryan Graydon
  15. 69' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny for Fabrizio Cavegn
  16. 81' Arvin Appiah for Jack Sparkes
  17. 81' Joe Quigley for Ellis Harrison
  18. 81' Bobby Kamwa for Shaqai Forde
  19. 83' Nathan Asilmwe for Luke Molyneux
  20. 90'+3' Keenan Gough Yellow Card

Match stats

48.8% Possession 51.2%
14 Shots 12
6 On target 5
15 Fouls 14
4 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 1
3 Saves 5
218 Accurate passes 243

Lineups

Bristol Rovers 3-4-1-2
1 Young
17 Kelly 5 Kilgour 4 Balmer
3 Sparkes 6 Mola 22 Gough 2 James
7 Forde
29 Cavegn 19 Harrison
Salford City 3-5-2
1 Norris
24 Allen 17 Scarr 22 Oluwo
29 Garbutt 44 Sarpong-Wiredu 16 Bonds 21 Cesay 43 Molyneux
23 Udoh 19 Graydon
Bristol Rovers 3-4-1-2
  1. 1 Brad Young G
  2. 5 Alfie Kilgour CD
  3. 17 Ciaran Kelly CD-L
  4. 4 Kofi Balmer CD-R
  5. 6 Clinton Mola CM-L
  6. 22 Keenan Gough CM-R
  7. 7 Shaqai Forde ▼ AM
  8. 3 Jack Sparkes ▼ LM
  9. 2 Tom James RM
  10. 29 Fabrizio Cavegn ▼ CF-L
  11. 19 Ellis Harrison ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny ▲ SUB
  2. 10 Bobby Kamwa ▲ SUB
  3. 28 Arvin Appiah ▲ SUB
  4. 9 Joe Quigley ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 14 Ben Purrington SUB
  2. 21 Richard Smallwood SUB
  3. 32 Charlie Binns SUB
Salford City 3-5-2
  1. 1 Will Norris G
  2. 17 Dan Scarr CD
  3. 24 Taylor Allen CD-L
  4. 22 Adebola Oluwo CD-R
  5. 44 Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu CM-L
  6. 21 Kallum Cesay CM-R
  7. 16 Elliott Bonds ▼ AM
  8. 29 Luke Garbutt ▼ LM
  9. 43 Luke Molyneux ▼ RM
  10. 23 Daniel Udoh ▼ CF-L
  11. 19 Ryan Graydon ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 2 Nathan Asilmwe ▲ SUB
  2. 9 Macaulay Langstaff ▲ SUB
  3. 4 Will Aimson ▲ SUB
  4. 18 Matt Butcher ▲ SUB
  5. 8 Jorge Grant ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 14 Abraham Odoh SUB
  2. 26 Lee Burge SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+3' Keenan Gough (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 90'+3'
  2. 83' Nathan Asilmwe (Salford City) Substitution at 83'
  3. 81' Bobby Kamwa (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 81'
  4. 81' Joe Quigley (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 81'
  5. 81' Arvin Appiah (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 81'
  6. 69' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 69'
  7. 67' Jorge Grant (Salford City) Substitution at 67'
  8. 67' Will Aimson (Salford City) Substitution at 67'
  9. 67' Macaulay Langstaff (Salford City) Substitution at 67'
  10. 67' Matt Butcher (Salford City) Substitution at 67'
  11. 57' Jack Sparkes (Bristol Rovers) Goal at 57'
  12. 54' Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) Penalty - Missed at 54'
8 earlier entries
  1. 48' Luke Garbutt (Salford City) Yellow Card at 48'
  2. 45'+1' Ryan Graydon (Salford City) Yellow Card at 45'+1'
  3. 41' Shaqai Forde (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 41'
  4. 38' Ciaran Kelly (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 38'
  5. 37' Kofi Balmer (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 37'
  6. 29' Elliott Bonds (Salford City) Yellow Card at 29'
  7. 20' Daniel Udoh (Salford City) Goal at 20'
  8. 6' Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (Salford City) Goal at 6'

Recent form

Bristol Rovers L L L L W

  • W Exeter City 1-0 EFL League Two
  • L at Crewe Alexandra 3-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 EFL Trophy
  • L Barnet 3-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Shrewsbury Town 1-0 EFL League Two

Salford City W W L W W

  • W at Oldham Athletic 4-1 EFL League Two
  • W Fleetwood Town 1-0 EFL League Two
  • L at Accrington Stanley 1-1 EFL Trophy
  • W at Cheltenham Town 2-0 EFL League Two
  • W Crawley Town 2-1 EFL League Two

Head to head

BRI leads series 2-1-1

  • 24 Jan 2026 Salford City 1–0 Bristol Rovers 2025-26 English League Two
  • 27 Sep 2025 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Salford City 2025-26 English League Two
  • 15 Apr 2022 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Salford City 2021-22 English League Two
  • 23 Nov 2021 Salford City 1–1 Bristol Rovers 2021-22 English League Two