Bristol Rovers 3 Wycombe Wanderers 0 - Archive

Matty Taylor scored a quick fire hat trick to give Rovers that winning feeling again.

Rovers had only managed one draw in their last three outings, but striker Taylor turned up the Gas to roast fellow play-off chasers Wycombe in the space of twelve minutes.

In the 60th minute substitute Billy Bodin dummied a free kick from skipper Lee Mansell and Taylor drilled the ball in from a central position on he edge of the box.

Two minutes later Bodin won a free kick twenty yards out and midfielder Stuart Sinclair picked out Taylor with a quick free kick and he blasted home from the same position.

Winger Daniel Leadbitter then found Taylor with a pass into the area and the striker outmuscled central defender Anthony Stewart before turning and firing home his twelfth league goal in fifteen starts from eight yards.

Wycombe keeper Matt Ingram produced a superb save in the first minute when he was forced to acrobatically tip over a 25 yard goal bound belter from Mansell and seven minutes later he claimed a fourteen yard effort from Taylor after the striker had wriggled past three defenders to get into the box.

Wycombe midfielder Sam Wood was left holding his head in his hands in the fifteenth minute when he rattled the wrong side of the near post with a shot from the left of the area.

Taylor came close to opening the scoring in the 36th minute, but dragged his fourteen yard shot wide with Ingram beaten.