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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 37 (setup 1, season 30)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Colchester United
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
André ONANA717Gastón GURUCEAGA Fagúndez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA72Robert BAUER
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca73Alex GERSBACH
Lassana DIARRA47Ádám NAGY
Ron VLAAR5Emil BERGSTRÖM
Nampalys MENDY76Damian VAN BRUGGEN
Sofiane HANNI77Onur BULUT
Modou BARROW78Rachid GHEZZAL
Sandro WAGNER97Kevin FRIESENBICHLER
Daniel DIDAVI10Alessandro SCHÖPF
Edin VISCA11Umar SADIQ
Scott SmillieManager
Victor CLAESSON12Aleksei GASILIN
Vito MANNONE13ANDRÉ Campos MOREIRA
Ogenyi Eddy ONAZI14Dion COOLS
Paul-Georges NTEP de Madiba15Yanni REGÄSEL
Valentino LAZARO16Frank ACHEAMPONG

Bristol Rovers 3 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 20,962, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium (construction in progress), Referee: Darren DEADMAN 5½)
31 Mendy, 37 Hanni, 87 WagnerScorers38 Friesenbichler
Substitutions
Sendings off
12 Wagner, 53 Didavi, 78 ViscaBookings
4Corners5
22Fouls18
10Offsides1
9Shots on5
8Shots off5
17Total shots10
6Shots saved3
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Alex GERSBACH
6WAGNER beat BAUER but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
8A tame strike from HANNI bounced agonisingly wide.
12DEADMAN books WAGNER for dangerous play against NAGY.
20A cross from BARROW left WAGNER in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
26VISCA fired a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
30A twenty yard drive from GHEZZAL caused ONANA little difficulty.
31GOAL!! A tackle from SADIQ gave Bristol Rovers a free-kick on the edge of the area which MENDY stroked past the Colchester United 'keeper. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
35A fine ball from FRIESENBICHLER on the right found SADIQ who sliced his shot wide.
37GOAL!! A poor shot from HANNI seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (2-0 Bristol Rovers)
38GOAL!! An imaginative BAUER played a delightful ball down the right to FRIESENBICHLER who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Bristol Rovers)
40BARROW snapped at an easy chance.
 
51HANNI rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
52A shot from FRIESENBICHLER seemed a certain goal but ONANA managed to force the ball away.
53DIDAVI booked for a bad tackle on BERGSTRÖM.
56The Colchester United 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from HANNI.
57A accurate pass fell to FRIESENBICHLER and his deadly effort floated narrowly wide.
65SADIQ beat two Bristol Rovers players and blasted a shot over the bar.
73A corner fell to MBEMBA who flicked an effort just beyond the near post.
77A header by VISCA at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
78VISCA cautioned by the referee for a late tackle.
81A shot from BARROW was hoofed off the line by BAUER.
87GOAL!! A long ball from VLAAR down the middle was collected by the lurking WAGNER who blasted a right foot shot into the roof of the net. (3-1 Bristol Rovers)