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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 5 (setup 1, season 27)
Brighton & HA
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Artur BORUC1Mihai GHERASIM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Javier GARRIDO Behobide62Marek SUCHÝ
Razvan Dinca RAT37Yuri ZHIRKOV
Alberto AQUILANI4Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI
José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho85Paolo CANNAVARO
Jacques FATY666RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
Lucas Martín VILLAFÁÑEZ7Mladen PETRIC
Ryan BABEL8Niko KRANJCAR
Luiz Ricardo Alves, SASSÁ9Tomás NECID
Simon VUKCEVIC10Dmitri SYCHEV
Gilles SUNU711EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Manager
Leandro Daniel CABRERA Sasía12Nathan STANTON
Michael CORDIER13Conor McALENY
James McCLEAN14Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE
Jonathan 'Alexis' FERRANTE15Rob HALL
16Andrei ARSHAVIN

Brighton & HA 3 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 17,595, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7)
45+1og Rubén Pérez, 51 Villafáñez, 60 BabelScorers26 Zhirkov
Substitutions60 Sychev <=> Hall
Sendings off
21 Villafáñez, 69 BabelBookings
2Corners7
14Fouls10
3Offsides1
4Shots on8
7Shots off3
11Total shots11
1Shots saved7
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
2A pin-point pass was collected by VUKCEVIC and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
10The 'keeper parried a lovely strike from SUCHÝ.
21VILLAFÁÑEZ booked for a bad tackle on IGNJOVSKI.
26GOAL!! Unlucky IGNJOVSKI hit the crossbar before ZHIRKOV stabbed the ball into the net as CASADO failed to clear. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
28KRANJCAR hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
34GHERASIM was able to block a poor shot from GARRIDO.
43A free-kick from VUKCEVIC floated inches over.
45+1GOAL!! A long shot from CASADO deflected off the shins of RUBÉN PÉREZ and into his own net.
 
46A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing BORUC.
48A poor shot from NECID rolled agonisingly wide.
51GOAL!! A Brighton & HA counter-attack allowed BABEL to setup VILLAFÁÑEZ with a simple goal. (2-1 Brighton & HA)
52A fine ball from CANNAVARO on the right fell to NECID who mishit his shot just wide.
53A header by NECID at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
55EDUARDO dummied RAT but blasted the ball into the arms of the Brighton & HA 'keeper.
58SASSÁ stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
60GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from VILLAFÁÑEZ gave VUKCEVIC space on the right and BABEL poked in his pin-point pass. (3-1 Brighton & HA)
67SUNU beat three Tranmere Rovers players and drove a great chance just beyond the far post.
69BABEL booked for dangerous play.
71A shot from EDUARDO was smothered by BORUC.
79A cross from VUKCEVIC left VILLAFÁÑEZ in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
80VILLAFÁÑEZ played the ball to SASSÁ who turned it inches over.
83An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by KRANJCAR.
87A corner found BABEL who flicked an effort over.
90IGNJOVSKI steamed through the Brighton & HA defence but shot straight at the Brighton & HA 'keeper.