Bristol Rovers vs Chesterfield, 2016-17 English League One, Regular Season

· English League One

Bristol Rovers

1': Ollie Clarke
18': Rory Gaffney

FT
2 - 1

Chesterfield

85': Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Bristol Rovers add to Chesterfield worries

Match Timeline

1': Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Chesterfield 0. Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
18': Goal! Bristol Rovers 2, Chesterfield 0. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke James.
20': Kristian Dennis (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Penalty saved! Luke James (Bristol Rovers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
53': Substitution, Chesterfield. Connor Dimaio replaces Osman Kakay.
58': Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Byron Moore replaces Cristian Montaño.
64': Substitution, Chesterfield. David Faupala replaces Kristian Dennis.
67': Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Connor Dimaio (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jermaine Easter replaces Luke James.
72': Substitution, Chesterfield. Dan Gardner replaces Rai Simons.
76': Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Lee Mansell replaces Ollie Clarke.
82': Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Goal! Bristol Rovers 2, Chesterfield 1. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Connor Dimaio.

Game Information

Competition: English League One

Venue: Memorial Stadium
Location: Bristol, England
Attendance: 8,524

Line-Ups

Bristol Rovers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
31	Joe Lumley (GK)
33	Ryan Sweeney
4	Tom Lockyer
3	Lee Brown
2	Daniel Leadbitter
14	Chris Lines
8	Ollie Clarke
21	Cristian Montano
23	Billy Bodin
29	Luke James
30	Rory Gaffney

Bristol Rovers Substitutes:

Lee Mansell, Jermaine Easter, Jonathan Burn, Jake Clark-Salter, Steve Mildenhall, Robert Harris, Byron Moore.

Chesterfield (4-3-3)

No.	Name
38	Thorsten Stuckmann (GK)
23	Tom Anderson
4	Sam Hird
24	Osman Kakay
3	Daniel Jones
19	Dion Donohue
18	Jon Nolan
2	Paul McGinn
10	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
20	Kristian Dennis
22	Rai Simons

Chesterfield Substitutes:

Ryan Fulton, Connor Dimaio, David Faupala, Reece Mitchell, Liam Grimshaw, Dan Gardner, Ángel Martínez.

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