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England - League 1Memorial Stadium, Apr 1
FTBristol Rovers
1 - 2
Birmingham City
Events:
3'0 - 1(Assist)Keshi AndersonKieran Dowell
3'0 - 1Keshi AndersonKieran Dowell(Assist)
19'Gatlin O'DonkorConnor Taylor1 - 1(Assist)
19'1 - 1Gatlin O'DonkorConnor Taylor(Assist)
HT
1 - 1
Events:
48'J. Ward
48'J. Ward
56'Kofi Shaw
56'Kofi Shaw
59'Ben Davies
59'Ben Davies
84'Ruel Sotiriou
84'Ruel Sotiriou
85'1 - 2Jay Stansfield
85'1 - 2Jay Stansfield
90'Connor Taylor
90'Connor Taylor
FT
1 - 2
Events:
Events:
Match Info:
Referee: Ollie Yates ()
Venue: Memorial StadiumApr 1
Stats:
Shots on target
2
Shots on target
3
Shots off target
5
Shots off target
2
Blocked Shots
2
Blocked Shots
2
Possession (%)
34
Possession (%)
66
Corner Kicks
2
Corner Kicks
4
Offsides
5
Offsides
3
Fouls
16
Fouls
14
Throw ins
18
Throw ins
34
Yellow cards
4
Yellow cards
1
Crosses
0
Crosses
3
Goalkeeper saves
1
Goalkeeper saves
1
Goal kicks
7
Goal kicks
7
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
3'Goal! Bristol Rovers 0, Birmingham City 1. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kieran Dowell with a cross.
6'Foul by Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers).
6'Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7'Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
11'Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11'Foul by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
11'Hand ball by Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers).
14'Offside, Bristol Rovers. Shaq Forde is caught offside.
15'Attempt blocked. Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
16'Attempt missed. Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
18'Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18'Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
19'Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1. Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Taylor with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
21'Hand ball by Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City).
22'Foul by Taylor Moore (Bristol Rovers).
22'Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25'Attempt missed. Kieran Dowell (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Keshi Anderson with a cross.
25'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Wilson.
25'Attempt blocked. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Cochrane with a headed pass.
25'Attempt blocked. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
27'Offside, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson is caught offside.
27'Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27'Foul by Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City).
29'Foul by Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers).
29'Ben Davies (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31'Foul by Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers).
31'Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32'Foul by Shaq Forde (Bristol Rovers).
32'Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33'Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33'Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
34'Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata following a fast break.
35'Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Matt Butcher with a headed pass.
35'Offside, Bristol Rovers. Gatlin O'Donkor is caught offside.
38'Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers).
38'Kieran Dowell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40'Attempt missed. Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
41'Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers).
41'Marc Leonard (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42'Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42'Foul by Marc Leonard (Birmingham City).
44'Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44'Foul by Marc Leonard (Birmingham City).
44'Attempt saved. Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kofi Shaw.
44'Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Tomoki Iwata.
45'Attempt blocked. Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
45'Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
46'Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
47'First Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1.
45'Second Half begins Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1.
47'Offside, Bristol Rovers. Shaq Forde is caught offside.
48'Attempt saved. Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
48'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jed Ward.
48'Jed Ward (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
53'Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53'Foul by Ben Davies (Birmingham City).
54'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Wilson.
54'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Kofi Shaw.
55'Offside, Bristol Rovers. Kofi Shaw is caught offside.
56'Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
56'Substitution, Birmingham City. Paik Seung-Ho replaces Marc Leonard.
59'Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59'Foul by Ben Davies (Birmingham City).
59'Ben Davies (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60'Attempt missed. Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
60'Offside, Bristol Rovers. Connor Taylor is caught offside.
60'Offside, Birmingham City. Jay Stansfield is caught offside.
62'Attempt missed. Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gatlin O'Donkor.
64'Foul by Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers).
64'Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66'Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66'Foul by Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City).
66'Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Grant Ward replaces Kofi Shaw.
67'Foul by Shaq Forde (Bristol Rovers).
67'Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69'Foul by Taylor Moore (Bristol Rovers).
69'Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72'Foul by Shaq Forde (Bristol Rovers).
72'Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74'Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Scott Sinclair replaces Gatlin O'Donkor.
76'Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
76'Foul by Ben Davies (Birmingham City).
76'Foul by Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers).
76'Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78'Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfie May replaces Kieran Dowell.
79'Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfons Sampsted replaces Ethan Laird.
80'Foul by Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers).
80'Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83'Penalty conceded by Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
84'Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
85'Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
85'Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Joel Senior replaces Taylor Moore because of an injury.
85'Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Luke Thomas replaces Shaq Forde.
86'Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Isaac Hutchinson replaces Matt Butcher.
87'Hand ball by Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City).
88'Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88'Foul by Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City).
89'Delay in match because of an injury Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
89'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'Substitution, Birmingham City. Grant Hanley replaces Jay Stansfield.
90'Foul by Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
90'Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
91'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
96'James Wilson (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
96'Foul by Alfie May (Birmingham City).
97'Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
Line-ups are confirmed. Last update: Thu Apr 24 2025 07:26:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bristol Rovers4-3-3
31
Jed Ward
4
Taylor Moore
5
James Wilson
17
Connor Taylor
6
Clinton Mola
37
Kofi Shaw
14
Romaine Sawyers
26
Matt Butcher
28
Shaqai Forde
24
Gatlin O'Donkor
10
Ruel Sotiriou
28
Jay Stansfield
14
Keshi Anderson
18
Willum Thor Willumsson
30
Kieran Dowell
12
Marc Leonard
24
Tomoki Iwata
20
Alex Cochrane
25
Ben Davies
4
Christoph Klarer
2
Ethan Laird
21
Ryan Allsop
Birmingham City4-2-3-1
Substitutions:
66'
Kofi ShawGrant Ward
56'
Marc LeonardSeung Ho Paik
74'
Gatlin O'DonkorScott Sinclair
78'
Kieran DowellAlfie May
85'
Taylor MooreJoel Senior
79'
Ethan LairdAlfons Sampsted
85'
Shaqai FordeLuke Thomas
90'
Jay StansfieldGrant Hanley
86'
Matt ButcherIsaac Hutchinson
Substitute players:
Matthew Hall
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Joel Senior
Alfons Sampsted
Scott Sinclair
Grant Hanley
Grant Ward
Seung Ho Paik
Luke Thomas
Luke Harris
Isaac Hutchinson
Alfie May
Sil Swinkels
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Coaches:
Inigo Calderon
Chris Davies
League 1
#Team namePPlayedGDGoals DifferencePtsPointsWWinsDDrawsLLossesFGoals ForAGoals Against
1PromotionBirmingham City465311134938431
2PromotionWrexham463392271186734
3Promotion play-offStockport County463087251297242
4Promotion play-offCharlton Athletic4624852510116743
5Promotion play-offWycombe Wanderers4625842412107045
6Promotion play-offLeyton Orient462478246167248
7Reading4611752112136857
8Bolton Wanderers46-368208186770
9Blackpool4612671716137260
10Huddersfield Town46364197205855
11Lincoln City468611613176456
12Barnsley46-4611710196973
13Rotherham United46-5591611195459
14Stevenage46-8571512194250
15Wigan Athletic46-2561317164042
16Exeter City46-16561511204965
17Mansfield Town46-1354159226073
18Peterborough United46-13511312216881
19Northampton Town46-18511215194866
20Burton Albion46-17471114214966
21RelegationCrawley Town46-26461210245783
22RelegationBristol Rovers46-3243127274476
23RelegationCambridge United46-2838911264573
24RelegationShrewsbury Town46-383389294179
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