Bristol Rovers 0-0 Ipswich Town live: Reaction as Gas digs deep to earn a point

Rovers stay where they were but have crucially stopped the flow of defeats.

Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday continue to set the standard at the top.

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We’re just talking to Joey Barton and a Rovers staffer confirmed, after watching a replay, that Scott Sinclair’s second-half effort didn’t cross the line.

He’s been doing this all night and the Rovers can breathe…for now.

Gas’s holding up a bit here…

Ipswich have all the ball and Morsy selects Hirst running behind the Rovers defence, but he was reaching for the header and it goes comfortably wide.

Collins takes it the full 50 yards, drawing two defenders, and throws a pass to Coburn, but the forward had made a slightly different run and can’t adjust his legs with Walton running to clear his lines.

Nervous moments there as Edwards runs down the right and selects Hirst, who spins and fires a low shot that almost goes through Balcombe’s legs, but almost enough to put him back for a corner.

Evans’ delivery isn’t great, and hasn’t been all night, but the Tractor Boys have some big guys there and they clear another set piece.

Clarke was asleep at the wheel there when Hoole passed the ball to him and the full-back stuck out a leg to catch the Rovers full-back across the chest. Yellow card and foul in good position.

Big five minutes this. It could go either way.

Rovers a bit on the defensive at the moment.

That looked like a sure goal when Chaplin fed the ball back to Broadhead, but when the former Everton striker struck his full-goal effort to aim, Quansah dove to deflect it back.

From the corner, Connolly fires a dart at the near post but heads it well over the crossbar.

A deep cross from Evans almost found Coburn with the ball through a defender’s legs. In the second phase, Collins cut inside, received the slightest jerk from a defender preventing him from shooting, but was deflected from behind for a corner.

Collins appears to have slipped into a left-sided midfield role with Coburn now leading the line.

It’s a look-alike on the right with Hoole replacing Anderson in the wing.

Luca Hoole replaces Harry Anderson, who has put up some big yards tonight. Josh Coburn is also now taking over for Lamare Bogarde.

I’ll let you know in the system in a second.

Davis, Harness and Ladapo go for Conor Chaplin, Harry Clarke and George Hirst.

An opening for the £1.5m when Davis laid a long diagonal his way and took a snap which was hit well but Balcombe held on well.

There is a pause in the game when Anderson and Evans receive treatment.

A ball into space from Ward sent Anderson on his bike down the right touchline, but his touch was too strong and put him offside.

Walton spills a cross and Sinclair forces it towards the goal. He looked like he might have crossed the line, but the flag stays down as the goalie delivers the ball.

Evans shoots a good ball up high and Collins forces Burgess to concede a corner. A better delivery from Evans is required here.

Sinclair makes a lung-busting recovery run to deny Donacien a great chance from eight yards.

Gas has switched to a back three. Anderson and Gordon are the full-backs, with Gibbons moving to left center half.

Balcombe is unable to keep the ball in play and concedes a corner.

The ball goes in too deep for anyone in the box, but Ipswich quickly earn another corner on the other side.

Quansah is clear.

Sone Aluko and Wes Burns are replaced by Nathan Broadhead and Kyle Edwards.

Walton tips Collins’ shot from a narrow angle that goes for a corner.

Evans’ corner goes offside.

Anderson’s cross is deflected from behind for a corner.

Ipswich clean up their lines.

A member of the Rovers bench, who we can’t see from the east stand, is booked for throwing a ball upfield to delay an Ipswich shot. It was not Barton, who was on the touchline.

Ladapo runs towards a drop, but his completion lacks composure when fired from 18 yards.

Ellery Balcombe – 7

James Gibbons-7

Jarell Quansah-7

James Connolly – 6

Lewis Gordon-6

Grant Ward – 6

Lamare Bogardge – 7

anthony evans-7

harry anderson-7

Scott Sinclair-6

Aaron Collins (c) – 6

Freddie Ladapo spins and fires from 25 yards but it’s straight for Balcombe who has no problem holding.

James Gibbons’ persistent run takes him past Davis and selects Collins with a low cross, but he is slightly behind the striker and runs him over the bar from 12 yards.

Sensational job by Evans in midfield to get past three men with a crazy run before slotting in a ball for Collins, but he’s down the stretch and can’t get any power out of his effort, so it’s a simple save for Walton.

Luke Wolfenden picks up a clever ball over the Rovers back four, but Humphreys heads it wide of the near post.

A bit stagnant so far, but Ipswich has another corner. Davis continues to raise questions on the left.

A taunting cross curls up and Burgess narrowly heads in from the near post.

Strong hand from Balcombe as Leif Davis escapes behind Gibbons and delivers a dangerous cross.

Lewis Gordon intercepts before Sinclair clears it. He could have let go of Collins but he was tripping. However, no free throws were given.

A positive run from Aaron Collins takes the Gases into the final third and they earn a corner when Antony Evans’s cross deflects wide behind.

Big chance for the Gas when Evans delivers a brilliant cross, but Quansah heads in from six yards.

After an ominous start on the back foot, the Gases have found some momentum in the game and Harry Anderson wins a free kick on the right flank.

Jarell Quansah heads in and directs the ball into the six-yard box, but Ipswich are able to clear.

Ellery Balcombe’s punch goes offside.

Balcombe makes a couple of superb saves to deny Cameron Humpreys and Cameron Burgess. It was an orchestrated routine and Balcombe had to be very ready to avoid the first strike from the rim and got up quickly to block Burgess’s effort from close range.