Lincoln City vs Bristol Rovers

16 March 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee S Simpson

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Paudie O’Connor 11’
Joe Taylor 19’, 23’, 55’
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 81’

Match summary

Lincoln City won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Bristol Rovers. Lincoln City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Paudie O’Connor put Lincoln City ahead with a header in the 11th minute, Joe Taylor made it 2-0 with a header in the 19th minute, and Taylor made it 3-0 with a header in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Taylor made it 4-0 in the 55th minute and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild made it 5-0 in the 81st minute.

Shots finished 18-16 to Lincoln City, with 7 on target for Lincoln City and 6 for Bristol Rovers. Antony Evans missed a penalty for Bristol Rovers. Lincoln City had a player sent off.

Match stats

18 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 6

8 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

Key events

Lincoln City Bristol Rovers

Kick-off

Paudie O’Connor

1-0

11’

Joe Taylor

2-0

19’

Joe Taylor

3-0

23’

Half-time3-0

Joe Taylor

4-0

55’

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

5-0

81’

Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Lincoln City

Ethan Erhahon
Sean Roughan
Jovon Makama

Bristol Rovers

Brandon Aguilera

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bristol Rovers attacking Lincoln City attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Lukas Jensen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Mitchell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paudie O’Connor	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sean Roughan	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Lasse Sørensen Taken off	86′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jack Moylan Taken off	82′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ethan Erhahon Sent off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Mandroiu	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Taken off	82′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jovon Makama Taken off	82′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Joe Taylor Taken off	69′	3	–	6	–	–	–	–
Freddie Draper Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Jackson Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dylan Duffy Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Teddy Bishop Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Timothy Eyoma Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Jed Ward	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tristan Crama Taken off	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Taylor	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elkan Baggott	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Scott Sinclair Taken off	80′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Finley Taken off	61′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kamil Conteh	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Harvey Vale Taken off	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Antony Evans	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jevani Brown Taken off	28′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Chris Martin	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
James Connolly Came on as a substitute	62′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Luca Hoole Came on as a substitute	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brandon Aguilera Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Marquis Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Vaughan Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	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

Lincoln City win 53% Avg odds 1.77

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48

Bristol Rovers win 20% Avg odds 4.73

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

Form going into the game

Lincoln City W W D W W

Bristol Rovers L W W L D

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bristol Rovers 1-1 Lincoln City, 02 Sep 23 Next meeting: Bristol Rovers 1-1 Lincoln City, 09 Nov 24 All Lincoln City vs Bristol Rovers 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.