All of the speak earlier than a ball was kicked was that Bristol Rovers could be proper up there difficult for automated promotion in League Two.
That seemed like it will be the case when the Gasoline reeled off 4 wins of their opening 5 video games.
At that stage, supervisor Steve Evans – who took over in December 2025 and saved the membership from relegation final season – was on a run of 15 wins from 19 league matches in command of Rovers.
However they’ve since plunged down the desk to sixteenth after only one victory in seven, together with 4 straight defeats.
“It is inflicting so much sleepless nights,” Evans instructed BBC Radio Bristol – and mentioned he has been having telephone conversations together with his assistant Paul Raynor at 3am.
“[But] let’s not get carried away with stats. We’ll bounce again for positive,” he added.
Rovers will hope they will just do that once they host Swindon City, managed by Gasoline legend Ian Holloway, in a West Nation derby on Saturday.
The Robins are tied on 15 factors with Rovers and one place above their rivals on purpose distinction solely and on Tuesday ended an eight-match winless run, in all competitions, by successful 3-1 at second-placed Barnet – a consequence no person noticed coming.
BBC Sport could have stay textual content protection of all of the weekend’s EFL motion, beginning with Bolton v Middlesbrough (20:00 BST) on Friday and all through Saturday’s fixtures throughout the Championship, League One and League Two.
