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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 29 (setup 1, season 27)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES61Matthieu VALVERDE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Justin HOYTE27Leon BARNETT
Joe SKARZ63Hérita ILUNGA
Dean WHITEHEAD74Timmy SIMONS
Tommy ELPHICK5Richard KEOGH
Stephen McMANUS667Josh MEEKINGS
Lee CROFT677Grant LEADBITTER
Marc PUGH788Matt TAYLOR
Ishmael MILLER79Ben HUTCHINSON
Kai BÜLOW10Oscar GOBERN
Danny HAYNES611Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE
Manager
Ben WATSON12TIAGO ALVES Sales
Ollie CHENOWETH13Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS
Darcy BLAKE14Laurent BONNART
Tom SOARES157Jamie ALLEN
Ashley-Paul ROBINSON16Elliott WHITEHOUSE

Bristol Rovers 0 Watford 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 19,747, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Christian BEECK 7)
Scorers44 Taylor
Substitutions50 Leadbitter <=> Allen
Sendings off
Bookings89 De Préville
1Corners5
9Fouls5
5Offsides2
10Shots on11
3Shots off7
13Total shots18
7Shots saved10
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Timmy SIMONS
1The Watford 'keeper was able to block a fierce shot.
4TAYLOR rattled an easy chance past the near post.
6JONES did well to hold onto a fierce shot from TAYLOR.
9A tame strike from PUGH bounced agonisingly wide.
15A refined pass from WHITEHEAD, was blasted goalbound by MILLER only for the Watford 'keeper to palm clear.
17CROFT's shot beat VALVERDE but rebounded off the Watford crossbar.
26A twenty yard shot from MILLER caused VALVERDE no problem.
30HUTCHINSON made space on the right and touched the ball to MEEKINGS who touched the ball over.
42A right foot effort from HAYNES was blocked by the Watford 'keeper.
44GOAL!! A tackle from SKARZ gave Watford a free-kick on the edge of the area which TAYLOR slammed past the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. (1-0 Watford)
 
50DE PRÉVILLE steamed through the Bristol Rovers defence but shot straight at the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
51ALLEN shot wide.
56BARNETT beat three Bristol Rovers players and thundered a great chance wide.
63The Bristol Rovers 'keeper parried a clever shot from SIMONS.
66KEOGH rushed a simple chance.
67HUTCHINSON was put clear by TAYLOR and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the near post.
72The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BARNETT fell just wide.
76JONES dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Watford's HUTCHINSON.
77A header by DE PRÉVILLE at the far post was easily collected by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
85A shot from TAYLOR was headed off the line by SKARZ.
86The 'keeper was able to block a poor header from MILLER.
89DE PRÉVILLE receives a yellow card for a high challenge on ELPHICK.