Overview
- Callum Paterson scored in first-half stoppage time at Stadium MK to secure the victory, moving MK Dons up to second in League Two.
- Bristol Rovers have just one win in their last 17 league games and stay 22nd, a point above the relegation zone.
- Rovers created late chances through Shaq Forde, Jack Sparkes and debutant Mees Rijks but could not find an equaliser.
- Rijks' appearance followed his confirmation earlier in the day as Rovers' sixth January signing alongside Ryan De Havilland, Kofi Balmer, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Riley Harbottle and Yusuf Akhamrich.
- Brad Young kept his place in goal, with Evans weighing fitness returns for Promise Omochere and Josh McEachran for Newport on January 31 and an imminent decision pending on Callum Morton's short-term contract.