Match ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Leyton Orient 1.
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Rory Gaffney's impressive brace secured three points for Bristol Rovers against Leyton Orient in League Two.
Rovers opened the scoring when Gaffney slalomed through Orient's defence to find his way into the box and calmly slot past Alex Cisak.
The visitors levelled late on in the first half after Jay Simpson latched onto Blair Turgott's low cross.
On-loan striker Gaffney won the game in style with a left-footed volley from the corner of the box.
Leyton Orient manager Ian Hendon told BBC Radio London:
"It was two evenly-matched sides out there. I think a great finish separated the two sides.
"We had a lot of the ball, a lot of set-plays, but the deliveries at times weren't the quality we needed.
"For one reason or another we're having to change our back four too much and I'm not very happy about that for different reasons."
Line-ups
Bristol Rovers
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Mildenhall
- 2LeadbitterBooked at 89mins
- 4Lockyer
- 6ParkesBooked at 65mins
- 3Brown
- 23BodinSubstituted forJ Clarkeat 74'minutes
- 7Mansell
- 24SinclairBooked at 59mins
- 21MontañoSubstituted forO Clarkeat 81'minutes
- 17EasterSubstituted forTaylorat 67'minutes
- 30Gaffney
Substitutes
- 5McChrystal
- 8O Clarke
- 9Harrison
- 10Taylor
- 11Gosling
- 15J Clarke
- 22Preston
Leyton Orient
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Cisak
- 2Clohessy
- 15MvotoSubstituted forShawat 45'minutes
- 4Essam
- 20Kpekawa
- 17Turgott
- 18Pritchard
- 12Payne
- 11McAnuffBooked at 63minsSubstituted forKashketat 73'minutes
- 9PalmerSubstituted forMarquisat 73'minutes
- 27Simpson
Substitutes
- 3Shaw
- 5Dunne
- 19Kashket
- 21Grainger
- 23Moncur
- 26Adeboyejo
- 32Marquis
- Referee:
- Kevin Johnson
- Attendance:
- 9,836
Match Stats
Home TeamBristol RoversAway TeamLeyton Orient
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Leyton Orient 1.
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Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
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Foul by Bradley Pritchard (Leyton Orient).
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Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Cole Kpekawa (Leyton Orient).
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Tom Parkes (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Frazer Shaw (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
Booking
Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Blair Turgott (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Frazer Shaw (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers).
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Attempt missed. Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Foul by Frazer Shaw (Leyton Orient).
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Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ollie Clarke replaces Cristian Montaño.
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Attempt missed. Bradley Pritchard (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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John Marquis (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
