Bristol Rovers 0-2 Peterborough United

Goals from Joel Randall and substitute Ricky Jade-Jones secured promotion-chasing Peterborough a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.

Former Rovers striker Jonson Clarke-Harris was handed a chance to show his old club what they are missing as Peterborough dominated, but ended up being upstaged by his colleagues.

Midfielder Randall put Darren Ferguson's side in command with his 11th goal this season on 41 minutes with a cool close-range volley following Malik Mothersille's deflected cross.

After the break, Peterborough goalkeeper Jed Steer came to his team's rescue with a smart save to thwart Scott Sinclair after the former Celtic winger outwitted Josh Knight in the penalty box.

Steer then pulled off a fine stop to deny Rovers skipper Antony Evans when he let fly from distance as the hosts pressed for an equaliser, but there was to be no stopping Peterborough.

Jade-Jones, on for Mothersille, applied the finishing touch in the fifth minute of stoppage time with a back-heeled effort for his 13th goal this term after being teed up by Harrison Burrows.

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Line-ups

Bristol Rovers

Formation 4-2-3-1

31Ward
30HooleBooked at 69minsSubstituted forHuntat 73'minutes
17TaylorSubstituted forConnollyat 6'minutes
26Baggott
19Vale
21Evans
14RossiterSubstituted forContehat 52'minutes
11ThomasBooked at 45minsSubstituted forVaughanat 73'minutes
10AguileraSubstituted forMcCormickat 73'minutes
7Sinclair
20Brown

Substitutes

2Connolly
3Gordon
22Conteh
23McCormick
35Hall
42Hunt
45Vaughan

Peterborough

Formation 4-2-3-1

21Steer
36DornellySubstituted forKatongoat 63'minutesSubstituted forCrichlowat 84'minutes
5KnightBooked at 90mins
4Edwards
3Burrows
22Kyprianou
27Collins
16AjiboyeSubstituted forMason-Clarkat 70'minutes
14Randall
18Mothersille
9Clarke-HarrisSubstituted forJonesat 70'minutes

Substitutes

1Bilokapic
2Katongo
6Crichlow
8De Havilland
10Mason-Clark
17Jones
28Wakeling

Referee:: Tom Reeves
Attendance:: 8,714

Match Stats

Home TeamBristol RoversAway TeamPeterborough

Possession: Home40%; Away60%

Shots: Home8; Away12

Shots on Target: Home4; Away5

Corners: Home4; Away4

Fouls: Home8; Away7

Live Text

Post update
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Peterborough United 2.
90'+7'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Peterborough United 2.

90'+5'
Goal!
Goal! Bristol Rovers 0, Peterborough United 2. Ricky-Jade Jones (Peterborough United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harrison Burrows.
90'+3'
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Offside, Peterborough United. Ricky-Jade Jones is caught offside.
90'+3'
Post update
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by James Connolly.
90'+1'
Post update
Attempt saved. Ricky-Jade Jones (Peterborough United) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harrison Burrows with a cross.
90'
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Elkan Baggott.
90'
Booking
Josh Knight (Peterborough United) is shown the yellow card.
88'
Post update
Offside, Bristol Rovers. Luke McCormick is caught offside.
86'
Post update
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Ephron Mason-Clark.
85'
Post update
Attempt blocked. Luke McCormick (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jevani Brown.
85'
Post update
Attempt blocked. Jack Hunt (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antony Evans.
84'
Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Romoney Crichlow replaces Jadel Katongo because of an injury.
84'
Post update
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82'
Post update
Delay in match because of an injury Jadel Katongo (Peterborough United).
79'
Post update
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Hector Kyprianou.
79'
Post update
Attempt saved. Antony Evans (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Vaughan.
79'
Post update
Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harrison Burrows.
75'
Post update
Hector Kyprianou (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75'
Post update
Foul by Luke McCormick (Bristol Rovers).

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	45	27	13	5	76	41	35	94
2	Derby	45	27	8	10	76	37	39	89

3	Bolton	45	25	11	9	83	48	35	86
4	Peterborough	44	25	8	11	86	56	30	83
5	Barnsley	45	21	12	12	81	63	18	75
6	Lincoln City	45	20	14	11	65	38	27	74

7	Oxford Utd	45	21	11	13	77	55	22	74
8	Blackpool	45	21	10	14	63	45	18	73
9	Stevenage	45	18	14	13	55	45	10	68
10	Leyton Orient	45	17	11	17	50	54	-4	62
11	Wycombe	44	16	13	15	58	54	4	61
12	Exeter	45	17	10	18	45	59	-14	61
13	Wigan	45	19	10	16	61	56	5	59
14	Northampton	45	17	8	20	56	65	-9	59
15	Bristol Rovers	45	16	9	20	52	66	-14	57
16	Charlton	45	11	20	14	64	64	0	53
17	Reading	45	15	11	19	65	68	-3	50
18	Shrewsbury	45	13	9	23	34	64	-30	48
19	Cambridge	44	12	10	22	38	60	-22	46
20	Burton	45	12	10	23	39	64	-25	46

21	Cheltenham	44	11	8	25	38	63	-25	41
22	Fleetwood	45	9	13	23	46	72	-26	40
23	Port Vale	45	10	10	25	41	74	-33	40
24	Carlisle	45	7	9	29	41	79	-38	30

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Comment posted by Phosphine Arsine Stibine, at 17:10 20 Apr
Of the options available, finishing in 4th and thus playing Barnsley over 2 legs may be most optimal. Any of Lincoln/Oxford/Blackpool will be coming in hot and playing with house money…
Reply posted by spalding, at 17:34 20 Apr
spalding replied:
Barnsley may not even be in the play-ofs.
Comment posted by kingfisher54, at 20:17 20 Apr
Another season of falling behind. Typical tin pot club
Reply posted by Daz, at 00:59 21 Apr
Daz replied:
Absolutely spot on - the Teds have been terrible again
Comment posted by allanchurm, at 17:06 20 Apr
now all you need to do is beat bolton by a high score..and win your game in hand ..
Reply posted by HedgzHog, at 17:19 20 Apr
HedgzHog replied:
Derby also have to lose against the bottom team... at home!!
Comment posted by Gizzle_wizzle, at 20:11 20 Apr
Good win keep the momentum going for play offs....UTP
Comment posted by Posh, at 15:51 20 Apr
C'mon you blues!!
Reply posted by Paul, at 16:02 20 Apr
Paul replied:
Come on you RAMS!
Comment posted by beatles63, at 17:12 20 Apr
Play offs for Posh. Now for the lottery !
Comment posted by greengrass, at 23:35 20 Apr
Tuesday 23rd

Cheltenham 1 Peterborough 5

Cambridge utd stay up,what can possibly go wrong 😁
Reply posted by Gizzle_wizzle, at 00:14 21 Apr
Gizzle_wizzle replied:
We putting out our reserves...resting up for play offs so dream on
Comment posted by Fast Eddie2, at 16:58 20 Apr
What a truly dreadful non event of a season for Sags. Went backwards in every way with the highlight being a cruddy new stand.

Deserved nothing more and lucky not to be relegated.
Reply posted by D Hugh Middy-Fyre, at 17:05 20 Apr
D Hugh Middy-Fyre replied:
The same as yours really.
Comment posted by Carrot Cruncher, at 17:13 20 Apr
Rovers needed to sign a proven league 1 goalscorer someone like Jonson Clarke-Harris. Oh dear!
Reply posted by JamesB, at 17:17 20 Apr
JamesB replied:
Didn't they try signing JCH before? How did that finish for the epitomy of incompetence that is the Blue Few? 🤔
Comment posted by rupert dalrimple, at 17:09 20 Apr
Drizzle from brizzle
Comment posted by TheGaryGangPeckham, at 16:59 20 Apr
You may still nab it y'know.
Reply posted by Noel, at 17:04 20 Apr
Noel replied:
No chance. Goal difference is too great.
Comment posted by 4ever in our shadow , at 21:52 20 Apr
Normal service has resumed at Legland 🤣 And I see the biggest Southwest club has finished above the 15ers 👌🏼🤣🤣 Well done Exeter “City” Please continue this fine form into 24/25 season & hopefully another relegation will be on the cards 🤞🏼
Red & White is the colour.
Mind The Gap 😊
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Reply posted by 4ever in our shadow , at 21:55 20 Apr
4ever in our shadow replied:
Less and less comments from the usual lot I see.
Losing faith are we 👌🏼🤣🤣
Mind The Gap
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Comment posted by Weston Bath Gas, at 17:40 20 Apr
I would like to see Lee Mansell and Alex Rodman as the joint management team next season . Both guys are intelligent, positive, True Gas heroes and would play with an attacking 4-4-2 line up...TWO Strikers, 2 wingers! We have got some excellent players but the defensive line up and tactics didn't work. If these players are still here....my next season team line up....
Reply posted by JamesB, at 18:03 20 Apr
JamesB replied:
What utter tosh! What constitutes a "True Gash hero" then? Mansell and Rodman circa 80 games and around 7 or 8 goals for the Fewers. Unbelievably low bar set there...😁
Comment posted by 4ever in our shadow , at 20:30 21 Apr
Please tell me what you have done since your biggest moment in your entire history since winning the title in 1990? How long did u last in the 2nd tier 🤣
Back then, although you were known as Bath rovers (Literally OTIB 🤣) You were actually our equal on the field rivals.
But look how far you have fallen since then 👌🏼 🤣🤣 Might change my username to “Not even in our shadow”
UTC
MTG
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Comment posted by tushingham, at 16:12 20 Apr
Up The U's
Comment posted by Weston Bath Gas, at 17:50 20 Apr
Team Line Up 2024-25....4-4-2
1. JED WARD
2. LUCA HOOLE
5. CONNOR TAYLOR
3. HARVEY VALE
7. LUKE THOMAS
4. ANTONY EVANS
8. LUKE MCCORMICK
11. SCOTT SINCLAIR
9. JOHN MARQUIS
10. CHRIS MARTIN
Reply posted by geoff, at 10:37 21 Apr
geoff replied:
who ?

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