FA Cup · ENG · Round 1

Notts County
4 - 2 Full time
Bristol Rovers

Meadow Lane

Lineups Predicted line-up

Notts County

Notts County

34 R. Fitzsimons
2 M. Tootle
3 C. Dickinson
5 R. Duffy
16 S. Brisley
4 E. Hewitt
10 J. Grant
22 R. Yates
11 T. Hawkridge
9 Shola Ameobi
30 J. Stead

Bristol Rovers

21 A. Smith
3 L. Brown
4 T. Lockyer
16 T. Broadbent
22 J. Partington
24 S. Sinclair
7 L. Sercombe
8 O. Clarke
14 C. Lines
30 R. Gaffney
11 T. Nichols
Bristol Rovers

Notts County substitutes

13 B. Pindroch
19 N. Hunt
23 D. Jones
20 L. Walker
7 L. Alessandra
14 J. Forte
17 A. Smith

Bristol Rovers substitutes

1 S. Slocombe
2 D. Leadbitter
6 R. Sweeney
20 M. Bola
18 D. Telford
9 E. Harrison
19 B. Moore

Match events

8'Liam Sercombe 0 - 1âš½
12'Stuart Sinclair 0 - 2âš½
30'Ryan Yates 1 - 2âš½
31'Ryan Yates 2 - 2âš½
Second half
58'Jonathan Stead 3 - 2âš½
60'↑ Ellis Harrison ↓ Stuart Sinclair⇄
69'↑ Daniel Leadbitter ↓ Joe Partington⇄
82'↑ Dominic Telford ↓ Tom Nicholls⇄
87'↑ Alan Smith ↓ Jonathan Stead⇄
87'↑ Jonathan Forte ↓ Shola Ameobi⇄
90'↑ Daniel Jones ↓ Carl Dickinson⇄
90'Jorge Grant 4 - 2âš½

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Friday, 3 November 2017, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Notts County wins1Draws3Bristol Rovers wins

4 past meetings on record. Biggest Notts County win: Bristol Rovers 2–1 Notts County (2010). Biggest Bristol Rovers win: Notts County 0–2 Bristol Rovers (2016).

5 Mar 2016Notts County 0 - 2 Bristol RoversLeague 2
20 Oct 2015Bristol Rovers 0 - 0 Notts CountyLeague 2
19 Mar 2011Notts County 0 - 1 Bristol RoversLeague 1
25 Sep 2010Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Notts CountyLeague 1