Bristol Rovers FC vs Darlington FC, FA Cup 2020-21 ROUND 2

FA Cup · 2020-21

Bristol Rovers FC

6 – 0

Full Time

Darlington FC

Sun 29 Nov 2020 · 13:30 Memorial Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

• Overview

• Events

• Lineups

• H2H

• Match Preview

  Bristol Rovers FC vs Darlington FC — FA Cup at Memorial Stadium.

  • Bristol Rovers FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
  • Darlington FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

  Match Details

  • Referee Thomas Harty
  • Referee Brett Huxtable
  • Referee Mike Desborough
  • Referee Justin Amey

  Head-to-Head

  1

  Bristol Rovers FC 1 games · Avg 6.0 goals Darlington FC

  Last 5 meetings

  2020-11-29 Bristol Rovers FC 6–0 Darlington FC

  Recent Form

  Bristol Rovers FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  29 Nov	Darlington FC	H	6–0	W
  24 Nov	Wigan Athletic FC	A	0–0	D
  21 Nov	Swindon Town FC	A	0–1	L
  14 Nov	Fleetwood Town FC	H	1–4	L
  07 Nov	Walsall FC	A	2–1	W
  03 Nov	Peterborough United FC	H	0–2	L

  Darlington FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  29 Nov	Bristol Rovers FC	A	0–6	L
  07 Nov	Swindon Town FC	A	2–1	W
  24 Oct	Cambridge City FC	H	2–0	W
  13 Oct	Tadcaster Albion AFC	H	6–1	W
  03 Oct	Prescot Cables FC	H	2–2	D
  19 Oct	Tamworth FC	A	3–0	W

  Key Stats

  0% Both Teams to Score
  H2H (1 games)

  100% Over 2.5 Goals
  H2H history

  0% Clean Sheets
  Bristol Rovers FC this season

• Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Bristol Rovers FC is hosting Darlington FC for another epic battle.
  • 5' Darlington FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' It looks surprising Darlington FC does not make any changes. Josef Wheatley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' Bristol Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Bristol Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 29' James Daly puts Bristol Rovers FC on the lead.
  • 34' Luke McCormick has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 38' Goal! Josh Hare scores his 1 goal in 13 matches.
  • 43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Darlington FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 44' GOAL! Luke Leahy scores on 44.
  • 46' The Darlington FC manager makes a substitution. Sean Reid departs to be replaced by Tyrone O'Neill.
  • 47' GOAL! Erhun Oztumer scores on 45.
  • 52' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jarrett Rivers.
  • 53' Goal! Luke Leahy scores his 51 goal in 65 matches.
  • 58' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Darlington FC that had 10 games and scored 2 goals.
  • 59' Goal! Sam Nicholson scores his 19 goal in 251 matches.
  • 63' Bristol Rovers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alfie Kilgour is hanging Max Ehmer on the field on 63 minute.
  • 68' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 69' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Will Hatfield.
  • 74' It looks like no one’s ball. Darlington FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 78' It is a substitution in Bristol Rovers FC team. Ben Liddle is replaced by Cian Harries on 78 minute.
  • 83' It’s high time Alun Armstrong made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 87' Theo Hudson is replacing Will Hatfield for the Darlington FC side.
  • Another three points for Bristol Rovers FC.

• Bristol Rovers FC

  Starting XI

  • 32
    Anssi Jaakkola
  • 22
    Josh Hare
  • 26
    Jack Baldwin
  • 7
    Ben Liddle ↓ Cian Harries 78'
  • 41
    Erhun Oztumer
  • 5
    Max Ehmer C ↓ Alfie Kilgour 63'
  • 3
    Luke Leahy
  • 11
    Sam Nicholson ↓ Zain Westbrooke 63'
  • 4
    Joshua Grant
  • 14
    Luke McCormick
  • 17
    James Daly

  Bench

  • 8
    Zain Westbrooke ↑ 63'
  • 25
    Cian Harries ↑ 78'
  • 9
    Brandon Hanlan
  • 15
    Alfie Kilgour ↑ 63'
  • 6
    Edward Upson
  • 47
    Ali Koiki
  • 1
    Jordi van Stappershoef

  Coach Paul Tisdale

  Darlington FC

  Starting XI

  • 1
    Jonathan Saltmer
  • 6
    Nicky Hunt
  • 36
    David Atkinson
  • 2
    Jordan Watson
  • 29
    Tony McMahon
  • 8
    Will Hatfield C ↓ Theo Hudson 87'
  • 4
    Josef Wheatley
  • 44
    Sean Reid ↓ Tyrone O'Neill 46'
  • 11
    Jarrett Rivers
  • 10
    Adam Campbell
  • 19
    Luke Charman ↓ Omar Holness 63'

  Bench

  • 5
    Louis Laing
  • 17
    Omar Holness ↑ 63'
  • 7
    Ben Hedley
  • 9
    Daniel Maguire
  • 13
    Melvin Minter
  • 12
    Theo Hudson ↑ 87'
  • 23
    Tyrone O'Neill ↑ 46'

  Coach Alun Armstrong

• Head to Head

  2020-11-29 Bristol Rovers FC 6–0 Darlington FC

  Bristol Rovers FC Form

  2020-11-29 Bristol Rovers FC 6–0 Darlington FC W 2020-11-24 Wigan Athletic FC 0–0 Bristol Rovers FC D 2020-11-21 Swindon Town FC 1–0 Bristol Rovers FC L 2020-11-14 Bristol Rovers FC 1–4 Fleetwood Town FC L 2020-11-07 Walsall FC 1–2 Bristol Rovers FC W 2020-11-03 Bristol Rovers FC 0–2 Peterborough United FC L

  Darlington FC Form

  2020-11-29 Bristol Rovers FC 6–0 Darlington FC L 2020-11-07 Swindon Town FC 1–2 Darlington FC W 2020-10-24 Darlington FC 2–0 Cambridge City FC W 2020-10-13 Darlington FC 6–1 Tadcaster Albion AFC W 2020-10-03 Darlington FC 2–2 Prescot Cables FC D 2019-10-19 Tamworth FC 0–3 Darlington FC W