Lincoln City vs Bristol Rovers

15 March 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee P Howard

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jovon Makama 31’, 65’, 81’
  • Tom Bayliss 49’
  • James Collins 52’

Match summary

Lincoln City won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Bristol Rovers. Lincoln City led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jovon Makama put Lincoln City ahead in the 31st minute. In the second half, Tom Bayliss made it 2-0 from a corner in the 49th minute, James Collins made it 3-0 in the 52nd minute, Makama made it 4-0 in the 65th minute, and Makama made it 5-0 from a corner in the 81st minute.

Shots finished 23-3 to Lincoln City, with 11 on target for Lincoln City and 2 for Bristol Rovers.

Match stats

Lincoln City Bristol Rovers
23 Shots 3
11 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Lincoln City Bristol Rovers
Kick-off
Jovon Makama1-0 (Lincoln City)
31’
Half-time1-0
Tom Bayliss2-0 (Lincoln City)
49’
James Collins3-0 (Lincoln City)
52’
Jovon Makama4-0 (Lincoln City)
65’
Jovon Makama5-0 (Lincoln City)
81’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Bristol Rovers
  • James Wilson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bristol Rovers attacking Lincoln City attacking 
2’ Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 3’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), set piece, off target 6’ Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), open play, saved 16’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, saved 29’ Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 30’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 30’ Dom Jefferies (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 31’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, goal 34’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 40’ Jack Hunt (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 44’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 45’ Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City), open play, saved 45’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 47’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, saved 49’ Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City), from a corner, goal 52’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, goal 55’ Dom Jefferies (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 55’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 65’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, goal 75’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 80’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, saved 80’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked 81’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), from a corner, goal 81’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked 81’ Paudie O’Connor (Lincoln City), from a corner, saved 86’ Paudie O’Connor (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked 2’ Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 3’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), set piece, off target 6’ Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), open play, saved 16’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, saved 29’ Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 30’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 30’ Dom Jefferies (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 31’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, goal 34’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 40’ Jack Hunt (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 44’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, off target 45’ Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City), open play, saved 45’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 47’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, saved 49’ Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City), from a corner, goal 52’ James Collins (Lincoln City), open play, goal 55’ Dom Jefferies (Lincoln City), open play, blocked 55’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 65’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), open play, goal 75’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 80’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, saved 80’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked 81’ Jovon Makama (Lincoln City), from a corner, goal 81’ Joe Gardner (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked 81’ Paudie O’Connor (Lincoln City), from a corner, saved 86’ Paudie O’Connor (Lincoln City), from a corner, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
George Wickens
90′ – – – – – – –
Tendayi Darikwa
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Hamer
90′ – – – – – – –
Paudie O’Connor
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Sean Roughan
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Bayliss Taken off
71′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Conor McGrandles
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Jovon Makama Taken off
82′ 3 – 6 – – – –
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Taken off
71′ – – 2 – – – –
Dom Jefferies Taken off
69′ – – 2 – – – –
James Collins Taken off
68′ 1 – 5 – – – –
Ben House Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – – –
Erik Ring Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Joe Gardner Came on as a substitute
19′ – – 3 – – – –
Ethan Hamilton Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Sam Clucas Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
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

Lincoln City win 61% Avg odds 1.53
Draw 23% Avg odds 3.96
Bristol Rovers win 16% Avg odds 5.99

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

Form going into the game

Lincoln City WLLWL
Bristol Rovers LLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

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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.