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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 35 (setup 1, season 31)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
André ONANA71Fabricio Martin Agosto Ramírez, FABRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
JEMERSON de Jesus Nascimento62Aleandro ROSI
Hasan Ali KALDIRIM3Sebastien POCOGNOLI
Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE47Adlène GUÉDIOURA
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca85Ezequiel Matías MUÑOZ
Jean Michaël SÉRI6Santiago VERGINI
Andrija ZIVKOVIC87Lenell JOHN-LEWIS
Paul-Georges NTEP de Madiba86IBAI Gómez Pérez
Sandro WAGNER79Theofanis GEKAS
Valentino LAZARO710Mitchell TE VREDE
Edin VISCA116Václav KADLEC
Scott SmillieManager
Ron VLAAR12Alex MOWATT
Jonas LÖSSL13Matt MACEY
Morgan SCHNEIDERLIN14Joleon LESCOTT
Landry DIMATA15SANDRO Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro
Kelechi IHEANACHO16Paul PAPP

Bristol Rovers 2 Preston North End 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 50,112, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Goran MARKOV 6½)
26 Visca, 73 KaldirimScorers74 Gekas
Substitutions
Sendings off
57 LazaroBookings70 Gekas
6Corners3
13Fouls10
5Offsides4
8Shots on2
15Shots off6
23Total shots8
6Shots saved1
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca
1A free-kick from VISCA raced inches over.
4LAZARO made space on the right and knocked the ball to KALDIRIM who rasped the ball wide.
5An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Preston North End 'keeper by WAGNER.
9VISCA brought the ball round TE VREDE and stroked a tame shot well wide.
12PEPE headed over.
19A pin-point pass fell to WAGNER and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
26GOAL!! A patient Bristol Rovers side were rewarded with a lovely strike from VISCA. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
30KADLEC floated the ball to GEKAS who fired it over the bar.
32IBAI was put clear by JOHN-LEWIS and he pulled away from the Bristol Rovers 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
36A fine ball from IBAI on the left found POCOGNOLI who sliced his shot inches over.
40A header by VISCA at the near post was easily collected by the Preston North End 'keeper.
 
47A delightful strike from ZIVKOVIC was dealt with by a useful parry from FABRI.
53The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful effort.
57The ref books LAZARO for a clinical challenge.
70GEKAS booked for an off-the-ball incident.
73GOAL!! An energetic WAGNER ran down the wing and pulled the ball back for KALDIRIM to crack home. (2-0 Bristol Rovers)
74GOAL!! A poor backpass by KALDIRIM enabled GEKAS to nip in and fire the ball past the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. (2-1 Bristol Rovers)
75KADLEC kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
80LAZARO beat two Preston North End players and blasted an effort just beyond the near post.
81A great effort from ZIVKOVIC scraped the outside of the post.
82ZIVKOVIC's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
90+1GUÉDIOURA worked the ball to GEKAS, IBAI controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.