On Saturday, Bristol Rovers travelled north to Rochdale and came away 2-1 winners after a nail-biting second half as Graham Coughlan's men came under pressure.

Victor Adeboyejo got the final touch on a corner from Liam Sercombe after Tony Craig's header back across the face of goal kept the chance alive, before Eoghan O'Connell scored an own goal minutes later after turning in Michael Kelly's low cross.

Callum Camps then poked in from close range following a knock-down by Ollie Rathbone moments before half-time, and the visitors managed to hold on to the three points despite constant pressure from the home side in the second half.

Here, we take a look at three things we learned about Bristol Rovers from their win...

Rovers need to do more work on four at the back

Coughlan moved away from his 3-5-2 formation this weekend and instead went for a 4-5-1 in the absence of regular centre-back Tom Davies, opting to play recognised defenders as the full-backs.

Across the 90 minutes, however, Rochdale found space in behind the defence as their strikers sprung the offside trap often, and Rovers struggled to get to grips with the formation that they were using.

A return to three at the back may be the wisest option for Coughlan in the future.

Adeboyejo isn't a striker that can play up front alone

Adeboyejo made just his fifth start of the league season away to Rochdale, and struggled up front as the lone striker with barely anything sticking.

The loanee from Barnsley had to feed off scraps all game as he attempted to hold the ball up and link the ball between the midfield and attack, however, the centre-backs of O'Connell and McShane managed to see off the threat of the 21-year-old.

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Rovers seem more cohesive when they use two players up front, and struggled with just the one on Saturday.

Sercombe isn't a winger

Central midfielder Liam Sercombe appeared to be used out wide on the left wing on Saturday, backed up by left-back Kelly.

Sercombe, however, struggled to really get into the game, often drifting inside to try and join the central midfielders and didn't often get the beating of young Rochdale right-back Luke Matheson.

The 29-year-old midfielder clearly isn't a winger, and manager Coughlan failed to use the former Oxford United man's strengths on a tough away test where the visitors nearly came undone towards the end.