Fan's ratings by Martin Jackson

Bristol Rovers

Mikkel Andersen 7

Made some important saves.

Danny Coles 6

Got better as the game wore on.

Steve Elliott 6

A mixed afternoon by his standards,

Daniel Jones 8

He's looking an excellent addition.

Dominic Blizzard 7

Took his goal very well.

Stuart Campbell 7

Went close a couple of times and helped set up the second goal,

Chris Lines 7

Scored another crucial goal.

Jeff Hughes 6

A moderate afternoon.

Paul Heffernan 7

Showed his intelligence up front.

Jo Kuffour 7

Took his goal well and set up our third.

Substitutions:

Andy Williams (Heffernan 80)

Carl Regan (Blizzard 86)

Ben Swallow (Hughes 88)

STAR MAN

Byron Anthony 8

Hugely impressive after his switch to right-back.

Colchester

Ben Williams 6

John White 6

Danny Batth 6

Matt Heath 6

Marc Tierney 6

Anthony Wordsworth 6

John-Joe O'Toole 7

Phil Ifil 6

David Prutton 7

Clive Platt 6

Steven Gillespie 6

Subs: Kayode Odejayi (Gillespie 71) 6

Ashley Vincent (Ifil 71) 6

Kevin Lisbie (Batth 88)

SHOTS ON TARGET

Rovers: 5

Colchester: 9

SHOTS OFF TARGET

Rovers: 5

Colchester: 8

CORNERS:

Rovers: 2

Colchester: 8

FOULS:

Rovers: 11

Colchester: 13

OFFSIDES

Rovers: 1

Colchester: 4

GOALS

Rovers: Blizzard (16), Kuffour (67), Lines (79)

Colchester: O'Toole (21), Odejayi (89)

BOOKINGS

Rovers: Elliott (foul 58)

Colchester: Wordsworth (foul 6), Heath (foul 24), Ifil (foul 67), Tierney (foul 77)

ATTENDANCE: 6,023

REFEREE

Oli Langford (West Midlands) … adequate

ATMOSPHERE 6

ENTERTAINMENT 7

POST VERDICT

Rovers rediscovered their scoring form and deserved their win – although they rode their luck at times.