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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Sixfields Stadium
  • Attendance: 5126
  • Referee: Taylor, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

86 mins

Lewis Haldane is being taken off, Chris Carruthers has come on in his place.

85 mins

Daniel Jones is replaced by Danny Jackman.

76 mins

Sean Rigg is being taken off, Craig Hinton has come on in his place.

76 mins

Bradley Johnson is being taken off, Colin Larkin has come on in his place.

75 mins

Jason Crowe goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

71 mins

Stuart Campbell goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

70 mins

Goal!! Bristol Rovers have scored with Rickie Lambert putting it in the back of the net.

69 mins

Andy Kirk goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

62 mins

Mark Hughes is replaced by Andy Holt.

46 mins

Craig Disley is replaced by Sam Igoe.

46 mins

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

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

26 mins

Mark Hughes goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

18 mins

The referee has booked Liam Dolman.

16 mins

Joe Jacobson goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, November 6th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Rickie Lambert grabbed the all-important winner to end Bristol Rovers' winless sequence and send Northampton slipping to their second successive home defeat.

Rovers, who had been on a terrible run in recent games, were worthy winners and always looked the more dangerous side throughout the match.

Following Saturday's disappointing defeat to Southend, Northampton looked flat and failed to seriously trouble keeper Steve Phillips throughout the 90 minutes.

Rovers made a bright start and Steve Elliott should have scored after only two minutes when Northampton failed to clear a corner and he shot wide with the goal at his mercy.

Elliott then headed over from Stuart Campbell's corner as Rovers looked to take advantage of Northampton's shaky start.

The Cobblers gradually got into the game with Ryan Gillingan going close with a 25-yard drive that was just wide of the mark and then firing over moments before the interval.

In between Sean Rigg wasted a good opportunity for Rovers when he broke into the box only to shoot weakly at Mark Bunn, while Poul Hubertz called Phillips into action at the other end for his one and only save of the match.

Rigg went close in first-half stoppage time when his low drive hit the post and bounced off Bunn for a corner and, shortly after the re-start, Campbell forced the Northampton keeper into a smart save with his low drive.

Gilligan was just off target again for Northampton on the hour after a neat build-up, but a minute later top-scorer Andy Kirk shot into the side-netting after being set up by Bradley Johnson.

But Northampton still struggled to create any clear openings and it was Rovers who looked the more likely winners.

Lambert missed a great opportunity on 66 minutes when he fired over from a good position, but made amends in the 70th minute when he found himself in space to powerfully head home from Campbell's corner.

Northampton Town Team

Bristol Rovers Team

Northampton Town

Bristol Rovers

Corners

7 8

Fouls

13 11

Goal attempts

8 8

Shots off target

7 4

Offsides

1 3

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