Bristol Rovers vs Birmingham

1 April 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee O Yates

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Gatlin O'Donkor 19’
  • Keshi Anderson 3’
  • Jay Stansfield 85’ (pen)

Match summary

Birmingham took a 2-1 win at Bristol Rovers, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Keshi Anderson put Birmingham ahead in the 3rd minute, Gatlin O'Donkor equalised with a header in the 19th minute, and Jay Stansfield won it from the penalty spot in the 85th minute.

Shots finished 9-7 to Bristol Rovers, with 2 on target for Bristol Rovers and 3 for Birmingham.

Match stats

Bristol Rovers Birmingham
9 Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bristol Rovers Birmingham
Kick-off
3’
Keshi Anderson0-1 (Birmingham)
Gatlin O'Donkor1-1 (Bristol Rovers)
19’
Half-time1-1
85’
Jay Stansfield
Penalty
1-2 (Birmingham)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bristol Rovers
  • Jed Ward
  • Connor Taylor
  • Kofi Shaw
  • Ruel Sotiriou
Birmingham
  • Ben Davies

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Birmingham attacking Bristol Rovers attacking 
3’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, goal 15’ Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers), set piece, blocked 16’ Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target 19’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), set piece, goal 25’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 25’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 25’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, off target 34’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 35’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 40’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 44’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), set piece, saved 45’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 48’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, saved 60’ Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target 62’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 85’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 3’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, goal 15’ Matt Butcher (Bristol Rovers), set piece, blocked 16’ Romaine Sawyers (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target 19’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), set piece, goal 25’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 25’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 25’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, off target 34’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 35’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 40’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 44’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), set piece, saved 45’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 48’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, saved 60’ Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target 62’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 85’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – –
Taylor Moore Taken off
85′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Romaine Sawyers
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Shaqai Forde Taken off
85′ – – – – – – –
Kofi Shaw Taken off
66′ – – – – – –
Matt Butcher Taken off
86′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – –
Gatlin O'Donkor Taken off
74′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Grant Ward Came on as a substitute
24′ – – – – – – –
Scott Sinclair Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Joel Senior Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Luke Thomas Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Isaac Hutchinson Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bristol Rovers win 12% Avg odds 7.43
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.71
Birmingham win 68% Avg odds 1.38

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.