About Match
12 points for Bristol Rovers (1st), 6 for Salford City (15th): a 6-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 2.4/1.2 for Bristol Rovers and 0.8/1.2 for Salford City (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.33. A win here leaves Salford City on 9 points and up to 3rd, other results permitting.
Three consecutive wins precede this game for Bristol Rovers, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form is uneven: 13/15 points for Bristol Rovers, 6/15 for Salford City.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Bristol Rovers, 1 draw and 1 for Salford City, at 1.75 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Memorial Stadium in Bristol stages the fixture, a ground that holds 12,500.