Bristol Rovers vs Rotherham United

1 March 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee E Duckworth

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Ruel Sotiriou 5’
Sil Swinkels 72’

Sam Nombe 36’, 90+2’
Zak Jules 52’

Match summary

Rotherham United came from behind to win 3-2 away at Bristol Rovers, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ruel Sotiriou put Bristol Rovers ahead in the 5th minute and Sam Nombe equalised in the 36th minute. In the second half, Zak Jules put Rotherham United in front with a header in the 52nd minute, Sil Swinkels equalised with a header in the 72nd minute, and Nombe won it in stoppage time.

Shots finished 14-12 to Rotherham United, with 4 on target for Bristol Rovers and 8 for Rotherham United.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bristol Rovers Rotherham United

Kick-off

Ruel Sotiriou

1-0

5’

36’

Sam Nombe

1-1

Half-time1-1

52’

Zak Jules

1-2

Sil Swinkels

2-2

72’

90+2’

Sam Nombe

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Bristol Rovers

Matt Butcher
Chris Martin
Luke Thomas

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rotherham United attacking Bristol Rovers attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Jed Ward	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Hunt	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
James Wilson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sil Swinkels	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Lino Sousa Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Grant Ward Taken off	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Butcher	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scott Sinclair Taken off	61′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hutchinson	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ruel Sotiriou	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Chris Martin	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Taylor Moore Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Promise Omochere Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Luke Thomas Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players12 players


Dillon Phillips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shaun McWilliams Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hakeem Odofin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Jules	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Reece James	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Cameron Humphreys	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Powell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mallik Wilks Taken off	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jonson Clarke-Harris Taken off	84′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Sam Nombe	90′	2	–	5	–	–	–	–
Joshua Kayode Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–

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 25% Avg odds 3.71

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.45

Rotherham United win 48% Avg odds 1.96

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

Form going into the game

Bristol Rovers W D W L L

Rotherham United L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rotherham United 0-0 Bristol Rovers, 17 Aug 24 Next meeting: Bristol Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United, 05 Sep 26 All Bristol Rovers vs Rotherham United meetings

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.