Half-time: Burton Albion 0 Bristol Rovers 1
David Clarkson has hammered in his third goal of the season to give Bristol Rovers a slender advantage at Burton Albion this afternoon.
Clarkson, who is again deployed in an unfamiliar midfield role, arrived on the edge of the penalty area on the half-hour mark to guide an accurate shot into the bottom corner of the Burton goal after Tom Eaves had nodded a Jim Paterson cross into his path.
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It was the only effort Mark McGhee's side have managed to have on target during an opening period in which they have been mainly on the back-foot – despite being rarely troubled by the home side.
The closest they came was when a Zander Diamond header from an accurate set-piece delivery was directed just wide of the post, while Justin Richards also fired over the crossbar when presented with a good opportunity inside the penalty area a few minutes before the break.
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A rare start for wideman Joe Anyinsah was the only change McGhee made to the side that secured a victory over Northampton last weekend in an attempt to secure what would be a second successive away victory.
Anyinsah came in on the right-hand side of midfield to compensate for the loss of striker Derek Riordan, who failed to recover from a hamstring complaint, in what his first start in three weeks. Eliot Richards moved up front to partner Tom Eaves.
Rovers: Etheridge; Lund, Kenneth, Parkes, Paterson; Anyinsah, Clarkson, Norburn, Broghammer; Richards, Eaves. Subs: Walker, L Brown, Harrison, W Brown, Virgo, Staley, Smith.
Burton Albion: Tomlinson, Diamond, Taylor, Richards, McCrory, Maghoma, O'Connor, Dyer, Bell, Kiernan, Kee. Subs: Atkins, Corbett, Webster, Stanton, Yussuf, Paterson, Rooney.
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