Rovers suffered their second consecutive 3–0 defeat in this game, this time to Yeovil Town in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy following their League Two reversal at the hands of Morecambe three days earlier.
Despite holding their own for much of the match against the team from a division above them, Rovers capitulated late on when Ed Upson netted twice before Sam Foley put the final nail in the coffin, scoring in the third minute of injury time. Yeovil had captain Jamie McAllister sent off following an off-the-ball scuffle with his former Bristol City teammate and close friend David Clarkson, in spite of the fact that Clarkson provided McAllister's transport to and from the ground.
Yeovil included former Bristol Rovers midfielder Dominic Blizzard amongst their starting eleven.
Match details[]
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Bristol Rovers | 0–3 | Yeovil Town | 
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| (0–0 HT) | Upson (71, 86) Foley (90+3) | |||
| Venue: The Memorial Stadium – KO: 4 September 2012 @ 1945 | ||||
| Attendance: 2,810 – Referee: Michael Naylor | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 28 Sam Walker | 1 Marek Štěch | |||
| 19 Adam Virgo | 2 Luke Ayling | |||
| 6 Tom Parkes | 3 Jamie McAllister  |
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 29 Cian Bolger |
4 Richard Hinds | |||
| 3 Jim Paterson | 5 Byron Webster  |
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| 2 Michael Smith |
6 Dominic Blizzard | |||
| 8 Matt Gill | 7 Keanu Marsh-Brown |
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| 21 Wayne Brown | 8 Ed Upson  |
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| 14 Lee Brown | 14 Sam Foley |
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| 7 David Clarkson | 9 James Hayter |
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| 10 Eliot Richards | 11 Reuben Reid | |||
| Substitutes | ||||
| 20 Conor Gough (GK) | 12 Gareth Stewart (GK) | |||
 11 Fabian Broghammer |
15 Lewis Young | |||
| 15 Oliver Norburn | 16 Nathan Ralph |
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| 16 Joe Anyinsah | 17 Rohan Ince |
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| 24 Ollie Clarke | 19 Gozie Ugwu |
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Timeline[]
43 mins: Cian Bolger booked for a foul on Keanu Marsh-Brown- 59 mins: Gozie Ugwu replaced James Hayter
- 62 mins: Rohan Ince replaced Byron Webster
- 71 mins: Goal for Yeovil scored by Ed Upson
- 75 mins: Fabian Broghammer replaced Michael Smith
- 75 mins: Nathan Ralph replaced Keanu Marsh-Brown
- 77 mins: Jamie McAllister sent off for violent conduct, following an off-the-ball clash with David Clarkson
- 86 mins: Goal for Yeovil scored by Ed Upson
- 90+3 mins: Goal for Yeovil scored by Sam Foley
| League Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ACC | AFW | ALD | BAR | BRA | BUR | CNM | CFD | D&R | EXE | FWD | GIL | MOR | NOR | OXF | PLY | PTV | RDL | ROT | SOU | TOR | WYC | YOR | |
| Home | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Away | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | A–A 0–2 |
1–4 | |
| FA Cup | Capital One Cup | Johnstone's Paint Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1sw | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team | SHU | Team | IPS | Team | YEO | |||||||||||||||||||
| H/A | H | H/A | A | H/A | H | |||||||||||||||||||
| Res | 1–2 | Res | 1–3 | Res | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||||||