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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Brunton Park
  • Attendance: 5317
  • Referee: Laws, G

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Goal!! Junior Agogo scores for Bristol Rovers.

83mins

Chris Billy is being taken off, Chris Lumsdon has come on in his place.

82mins

Own goal, Zigor Aranalde has put it in his own net.

72mins

Karl Hawley is being taken off, Raphael Nade has come on in his place.

64mins

Carlisle are replacing Derek Holmes with Glenn Murray.

57mins

Own goal, Danny Livesey has put it in his own net.

57mins

Own goal, Kevin Gray has put it in his own net.

55mins

Peter Murphy is booked for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by G Laws

34mins

Zigor Aranalde is booked for unsporting behaviour.

7mins

Goal!! Carlisle have scored with Alan O'Brien putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's red. He's off. has been sent off.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, October 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Two second half own goals gifted Bristol Rovers a 3-1 win and maximum points as Carlisle's poor form at Brunton Park continued.

Own goals from Danny Livesey and Zigor Aranalde wrapped up the win for Rovers, with Junior Agogo sealing the victory with the last kick of the game.

Neither team offered any indication that they could be promotion candidates and, on this showing, both will be happy to escape the drop.

It all started brightly for Carlisle, who included Newcastle winger Alan O'Brien signed on loan for a month.

Peter Murphy had already struck the post for the home side before O'Brien latched onto Derek Holmes' pass and outpaced Craig Hinton to slot home from eight yards.

With the Brunton Park fans singing for their new hero, the Cumbrians dominated for the rest of the half and Karl Hawley and Murhpy again went close.

But that was as good as it got for Carlisle as Rovers came out in the second half with fresh confidence.

Chris Carruthers should have put Rovers level when he headed inches wide when perfectly placed ten yards out.

But when the equaliser did come it was Carlisle who inadvertently scored their second of the day.

Ali Gibb, a thorn in Carlisle's side all day, crossed only for keeper Keiren Westwood to parry and Livesey was helpless as the ball bobbled off him and into the net.

With eight minutes to play it was Aranalde's turn to put the ball in his own net when he knocked Agogo's miss-hit shot into the net and wrong-footed Westwood.

With Carlisle looking bewildered and lost, they were soon conceding again, only this time they could not blame themselves.

Deep into injury time Aaron Lescott played a through ball to Agogo who lifted the ball over the onrushing Westwood from 30 yards.

At the whistle, Carlisle were booed off by their fans as Bristol celebrated a much needed win.

Carlisle United

Bristol Rovers

Corners

83

Fouls

134

Goal attempts

109

Shots off target

54

Offsides

34

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