Bristol Rovers 2-0 Wycombe: Early goals enough for Pirates

Image: Jermaine Easter: On target

Early goals from Matt Taylor and Jermaine Easter set Bristol Rovers on course for a comfortable 2-0 Johnstone's Paint Trophy win over Wycombe at the Memorial Stadium.

The hosts went ahead after four minutes when Chris Lines clipped a long ball to Taylor on the edge of the area and the striker was given time to curl a precise right-footed shot beyond the reach of Matt Ingram.

Seven minutes later it was 2-0 as Easter latched on to a Billy Bodin through-ball and lashed an angled drive past Ingram from inside the area.

Wycombe were looking wide open at the back, but produced some dangerous first-half attacks.

Between the two Rovers goals Aaron Pierre headed against the crossbar and Lee Nicholls saved the rebound effort from Matt Bloomfield.

Advertisement

Max Kretzschmar should have pulled a goal back after 25 minutes, but shot badly wide after Aaron Amadi-Holloway had left him with only Nicholls to beat.

Also See:

The second half brought chances for both teams, with Rovers creating the majority. Ingram saved well from Cristian Montano and Bodin.

JPT

Place your bets on the Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Outbrain