Accrington Stanley vs Bristol Rovers on 14 Jan 23 - Match CentreRovers head north tomorrow to face Accrington Stanley. Manager Preview Player Preview Opposition View Accrington skipper Seamus Conneely looked ahead to tomorrow's clash at the Wham Stadium. The defender said: “It’s a big game for us and Rovers. We have to try and get three points, it’s important with the position we are in the league.
After the goal, and with half an hour left, Gary decided for an almost immediate change with Jay Stansfield called upon to replace Grecians captain Matt Jay. Not long before, Jevani Brown found his way into the book after kicking the ball away after being called offside. Not long after their first goal had gone in, Rovers found themselves level.
“That’s what we want to make it between now and the end of the season. It’s an awful lot easier place to play with the home fans behind us. ” Recent Form Rovers: L L W W L Stanley: D L L D D Referee Tomorrow's man in the middle is Tom Nield. In his fifteen games this season, Nield has issued 42 yellow cards, but is yet to show a red one. He averages the awarding of 22 free-kicks for fouls per game. If Rovers supporters recognise Mr Nield, it's because he took charge of the 6-3 home defeat to Lincoln City earlier this season.
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Poor defensive work from City allowed Coburn space in the City penalty area and the attacker was able to bundle home. City were doing everything they could to stop themselves from going behind, first Gary made a change at the back, with Josh Key now recovered from his illness coming on to replace Caprice. Then Sparkes, in an effort to keep City in the game got his name taken for the sixth game in the row, fouling just in front of the Rovers dugout. No more than 15 minutes left to play, and Rovers were awarded a penalty kick after a rash challenge from the newly introduced Key who upended Collins inside the area after. The resulting penalty was taken by Scott Sinclair who wrong footed Blackman to put the home side in the lead after being two goals down at half time. Rovers almost found the net once again inside the final 12 minutes but another fantastic save from Blackman just about kept City in it.
We have had a couple of cup games which are a distraction from the league but we are back at it now. “The fans are huge, if we can get this place rocking between now and the end of the season that will go an awful long way to seeing us where we want to be come the end of the season. “But we have to be the ones to get the fans going, we have to produce, to play the way the manager wants us to play which is on the front foot, winning headers, challenges, playing good football and then the crowd react to that and it becomes a very difficult place for away teams to come.
The half was nearing its end with only five minutes left and the referee went to his book for the second time of the game. This time it was a City player who had his name taken, Cheick Diabate was adjudged to have pulled down Coburn right on the edge of the area. From the resulting free kick, the ball smashed right into the wall, and with the ball pinging around inside the area Blackman pulled off one of the saves of the season, saving a Collins strike from only two yards out. Everyone thought the first half was almost finished, but there was time for one more moment of magic. With the ball being played around the Rovers penalty area, captain Matt Jay fed the ball to Archie Collins and the midfield maestro wrong footed the Rovers defence and sent the ball flying into the bottom left-hand corner of the game, sending City in at half time two to the good.
As the second half was set to begin, there was slight confusion at the Memorial Ground as Joey Barton sent out his Rovers side in a change of strip as well as making two substitutes, the home side clearly needed a change or two. The change of kit had definitely worked for Rovers as they had very much upped their game in the second half, with their players seeing a lot more of the ball. With that came a goal, with the ball seemingly not doing much on the edge of the area, the league’s top goal scorer Collins let rip a thunderbolt to allow Rovers a way back into the game.
Sam Nombe returned in place of Jay Stansfield for his first start in five games for The Grecians. Inside the first two minutes and it was the home side who had the first of the chances, with Josh Coburn finding himself in behind the City backline. But a perfectly timed sliding challenge from Alex Hartridge stopped the striker from getting a shot off and Jamal Blackman gathered up the loose ball. City opened the scoring when a lovely weighted pass from Jevani Brown found Sam Nombe about 30 yards out, and after a couple touches the striker hit from 20 yards curling the ball into the top right-hand corner.
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