Match ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Peterborough United 2.
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.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
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
- Possession
- Home40%
- Away60%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away7
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Peterborough United 2.
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.
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Offside, Peterborough United. Ricky-Jade Jones is caught offside.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by James Connolly.
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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.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Elkan Baggott.
Booking
Josh Knight (Peterborough United) is shown the yellow card.
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Offside, Bristol Rovers. Luke McCormick is caught offside.
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Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Ephron Mason-Clark.
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Attempt blocked. Luke McCormick (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jevani Brown.
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Attempt blocked. Jack Hunt (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antony Evans.
Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Romoney Crichlow replaces Jadel Katongo because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Jadel Katongo (Peterborough United).
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Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Hector Kyprianou.
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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.
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Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harrison Burrows.
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Hector Kyprianou (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke McCormick (Bristol Rovers).
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Cheltenham 1 Peterborough 5
Cambridge utd stay up,what can possibly go wrong 😁
Deserved nothing more and lucky not to be relegated.
Red & White is the colour.
Mind The Gap 😊
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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”
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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