With the threat of relegation from League Two, which looked a real possibility two months earlier, now seemingly gone, Bristol Rovers picked up their third consecutive home win, beating Port Vale by two goals to nil.
Ryan Brunt scored twice in a game for the first time in his senior career, both goals coming in the first half, to decide the match in The Pirates' favour.
Match details[]
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Bristol Rovers | 2–0 | Port Vale | 
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| Brunt (7, 38) | (2–0 HT) | |||
| Venue: The Memorial Stadium – KO: 12 March 2013 @ 1945 | ||||
| Attendance: 5,111 – Referee: Fred Graham | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 13 Steve Mildenhall | 1 Chris Neal | |||
| 2 Michael Smith | 2 Adam Yates | |||
| 4 Danny Woodards | 5 John McCombe | |||
| 6 Tom Parkes | 24 Richard Duffy   |
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| 14 Lee Brown | 25 Liam Chilvers | |||
| 3 Jim Paterson | 3 Rob Taylor | |||
| 15 Oliver Norburn |
4 Anthony Griffith | |||
| 32 John-Joe O'Toole | 18 Sam Morsy |
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| 17 Ellis Harrison |
26 Chris Birchall | |||
| 10 Eliot Richards |
11 Tom Pope |
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 26 Ryan Brunt |
19 Ben Williamson |
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| Substitutes | ||||
| 20 Conor Gough (GK) | 32 Ryan Boot (GK) | |||
 18 Mitch Harding |
8 Louis Dodds | |||
| 23 Jordan Goddard | 9 Jennison Myrie-Williams | |||
| 24 Ollie Clarke | 10 Ashley Vincent |
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| 27 Tom Hitchcock |
15 Chris Shuker | |||
| 30 Tom Lockyer |
16 Calvin Andrew |
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| 34 Oumare Tounkara | 29 Lee Hughes |
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Timeline[]
7 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Ryan Brunt- 38 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Ryan Brunt
- 44 mins: Sam Morsy booked for a foul on John-Joe O'Toole
- 57 mins: Richard Duffy booked for a foul on Ellis Harrison
- 64 mins: Calvin Andrew and Lee Hughes replaced Ben Williamson and Tom Pope
- 65 mins: Tom Hitchcock replaced Eliot Richards
- 67 mins: Ashley Vincent replaced Richard Duffy
- 74 mins: Tom Lockyer replaced Oliver Norburn
- 86 mins: Mitch Harding replaced Ellis Harrison
- 90+1 mins: Tom Hitchcock booked for a foul on Rob Taylor
- 90+2 mins: Ryan Brunt booked for a foul on Rob Taylor
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||