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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 7 (setup 5, season 16)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Newport County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Rafael Enrique ROMO Pérez1Joe DAY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Guillermo CUADRADO Bello2Paul BIGNOT
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado83Mickey DEMETRIOU
Sebastian RUDY46Mitch ROSE
François AFFOLTER57Scot BENNETT
Vegard FORREN766Darren JONES
Matt JARVIS77Robbie WEIR
Michael KIGHTLY8Olamide SHODIPO
Igor SHITOV9Marlon JACKSON
Remi JOHANSEN810Aaron WILLIAMS
Anthony UJAH11Craig REID
Manager
Kasper POVLSEN12Jaanai GORDON-HUTTON
Steve PHILLIPS13James BITTNER
Jørgen SKJELVIK14Ryan BIRD
Thomas DRAGE15Lenell JOHN-LEWIS
Nicklas BÄRKROTH616Mark RANDALL

Bristol Rovers 3 Newport County 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,522, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Christian BEECK 7½)
5 Kightly, 61 Jarvis, 64 KightlyScorers
79 Shitov <=> BärkrothSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings24 Shodipo, 81 Jones
5Corners8
3Fouls8
7Offsides5
7Shots on1
20Shots off2
27Total shots3
2Shots saved0
61%Possession39%
Man of the match: Sebastian RUDY
5GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from JOHANSEN allowed UJAH to lay a lovely ball off to KIGHTLY who rammed the ball into the net. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
10A penalty box meleé resulted in KIGHTLY cracking the ball over.
13A twenty yard shot from SHODIPO caused ROMO no problem.
14SHITOV clipped the ball through a crowd of players but DAY was a match for it as he dived to his right.
24The referee books SHODIPO.
30A mix up in the Newport County defence enabled KIGHTLY to blast an effort over the bar.
36UJAH beat BENNETT and hit the ball to AFFOLTER who pulled his shot wide.
38KIGHTLY beat two Newport County players and blasted a shot over the bar.
40A corner fell to KIGHTLY who headed the ball inches over.
42DAY dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Bristol Rovers's JARVIS.
 
52KIGHTLY headed inches over.
61GOAL!! A cross from CUADRADO was nodded away by BENNETT only for RUDY to crack the ball back into the box for JARVIS to force over the line. (2-0 Bristol Rovers)
63The stunned Newport County 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DEMETRIOU fell just wide.
64GOAL!! A Bristol Rovers counter-attack allowed SHITOV to setup KIGHTLY with an easy goal. (3-0 Bristol Rovers)
66A free-kick from SHITOV floated over the bar.
67A cross from RUDY left KIGHTLY in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
70KIGHTLY ran onto a great ball from JARVIS but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
75KIGHTLY waltzed past DEMETRIOU and stroked a weak shot wide.
81JONES cautioned for a clumsy tackle.
84A fine ball from JONES on the right fell to BIGNOT who mishit his shot inches wide.
87A pin-point pass found KIGHTLY and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
90A mix up in the Newport County defence enabled UJAH to thump an effort just wide.