Northampton Town vs Bristol Rovers

22 February 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee M Russell

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Dara Costelloe 61’
  • Nesta Guinness-Walker 78’
  • Scott Sinclair 47’

Match summary

Northampton Town came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Bristol Rovers. It was goalless at half-time.

Scott Sinclair put Bristol Rovers ahead in the 47th minute, Dara Costelloe equalised with a header in the 61st minute, and Nesta Guinness-Walker won it in the 78th minute.

Both sides had 8 shots, with 3 on target for Northampton Town and 4 for Bristol Rovers.

Match stats

Northampton Town Bristol Rovers
8 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Northampton Town Bristol Rovers
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
47’
Scott Sinclair0-1 (Bristol Rovers)
Dara Costelloe1-1 (Northampton Town)
61’
Nesta Guinness-Walker2-1 (Northampton Town)
78’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Northampton Town
  • Mitch Pinnock
  • Cameron McGeehan
Bristol Rovers
  • James Wilson
  • Connor Taylor

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bristol Rovers attacking Northampton Town attacking 
2’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 3’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 9’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, off target 41’ Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Northampton Town), from a corner, off target 41’ Mitch Pinnock (Northampton Town), from a corner, saved 46’ Chris Martin (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 47’ Scott Sinclair (Bristol Rovers), open play, goal 53’ Terry Taylor (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 55’ Chris Martin (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, off target 58’ Liam Shaw (Northampton Town), open play, off target 59’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 59’ Scott Sinclair (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 61’ Dara Costelloe (Northampton Town), set piece, goal 66’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 70’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 78’ Nesta Guinness-Walker (Northampton Town), open play, goal 2’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 3’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 9’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, off target 41’ Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Northampton Town), from a corner, off target 41’ Mitch Pinnock (Northampton Town), from a corner, saved 46’ Chris Martin (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 47’ Scott Sinclair (Bristol Rovers), open play, goal 53’ Terry Taylor (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 55’ Chris Martin (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, off target 58’ Liam Shaw (Northampton Town), open play, off target 59’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 59’ Scott Sinclair (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 61’ Dara Costelloe (Northampton Town), set piece, goal 66’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 70’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 78’ Nesta Guinness-Walker (Northampton Town), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Aaron McGowan Taken off
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Tariqe Fosu-Henry Taken off
76′ – – 1 – – – –
Dara Costelloe Taken off
88′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Nesta Guinness-Walker Came on as a substitute
14′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Ben Perry Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
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

Northampton Town win 44% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Bristol Rovers win 27% Avg odds 3.46

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.