Rotherham United inflicted only Rovers' second defeat since the appointment of John Ward as manager two months earlier in front of what was the Pirates' biggest crowd of the season to date.
Kayode Odejayi and Lee Freckington both struck in a two-minute spell during the second half to give Rotherham a 2–0 lead, before Joe Anyinsah pulled a goal back nine minutes from time. Although Anyinsah's goal gave Rovers hope of snatching a point from the game, it turned out to be nothing more than a consolation.
Match details[]
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Bristol Rovers | 1–2 | Rotherham United | 
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| Anyinsah (81) | (0–0 HT) | Odejayi (60) Frecklington (62) | ||
| Venue: The Memorial Stadium – KO: 20 February 2013 @ 1945 | ||||
| Attendance: 8,646 – Referee: James Linington | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 13 Steve Mildenhall | 21 Andy Warrington | |||
| 2 Michael Smith | 3 Claude Davis | |||
| 6 Tom Parkes | 6 Johnny Mullins | |||
| 29 Mark McChrystal | 33 Liam Ridehalgh | |||
| 14 Lee Brown | 4 Kári Árnason | |||
 16 Joe Anyinsah |
14 Mark Bradley | |||
 15 Oliver Norburn |
19 David Noble |
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| 25 Seanan Clucas | 27 Lee Frecklington |
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| 32 John-Joe O'Toole | 35 Daniel Kearns |
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| 11 Fabian Broghammer |
9 Alex Revell |
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| 26 Ryan Brunt |
22 Kieran Agard | |||
| Substitutes | ||||
| 20 Conor Gough | 30 Tony Thompson (GK) | |||
| 4 Danny Woodards | 2 Dale Tonge | |||
 7 David Clarkson |
8 Jordan Slew |
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| 10 Eliot Richards |
15 Ben Pringle | |||
| 17 Ellis Harrison | 16 Kayode Odejayi |
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| 21 Clayton McDonald | 20 Craig Morgan | |||
| 27 Tom Hitchcock |
31 Courtney Cameron |
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Timeline[]
15 mins: Eliot Richards replaced Fabian Broghammer- 46 mins: David Clarkson replaced Ryan Brunt
- 46 mins: Kayode Odejayi replaced Daniel Kearns
- 60 mins: Goal for Rotherham United scored by Kayode Odejayi
- 62 mins: Goal for Rotherham United scored by Lee Frecklington
- 68 mins: Tom Hitchcock replaced Oliver Norburn
- 78 mins: Courtney Cameron replaced David Noble
- 81 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Joe Anyinsah
- 89 mins: Jordan Slew replaced Alex Revell
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||