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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 42 (setup 1, season 26)
Coventry City
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon MIGNOLET17Mihai GHERASIM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Emir SPAHIC26FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Dmitri KOMBAROV3Yuri ZHIRKOV
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana84Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera75Marek SUCHÝ
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA66RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
Sidney SAM7Niko KRANJCAR
BORJA Valero Iglesias78Andrei ARSHAVIN
Fernando José TORRES Sanz9Tomás NECID
Max KRUSE10Dmitri SYCHEV
Carlos Alberto VELA Garrido8116EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Rikki FaulknerManager
Kyriakos PAPADOPOULOS12Nathan STANTON
Kristoffer NORDFELDT13Conor McALENY
Cristian TELLO Herrera14Mladen PETRIC
RAFFAEL Caetano de Araújo15Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE
Ricardo Gabriel ÁLVAREZ16Rob HALL

Coventry City 5 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 54,163, Stadium: Ricoh Arena, Referee: Mark CLATTENBURG 6)
15 Kruse, 24 Kruse, 29 Torres, 60 Torres, 68 KruseScorers28 Zhirkov
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners5
11Fouls9
9Offsides2
6Shots on3
15Shots off7
21Total shots10
1Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
1A lovely effort from TORRES scraped the outside of the righthand post.
8An exceptional shot from BORJA was dealt with by a good stop from the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
15GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of KRUSE who flicked the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-0 Coventry City)
17A header by NECID at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
24GOAL!! Unlucky DE MARCOS hit the post before KRUSE poked the ball home as SUCHÝ failed to clear. (2-0 Coventry City)
26MIGNOLET saved a beautiful effort from SUCHÝ.
28GOAL!! A cross from FELIPE was headed away by SAM only for KRANJCAR to volley the ball back into the box for ZHIRKOV to force into the net. (2-1 Coventry City)
29GOAL!! A KOMBAROV run down the left resulted in a nice cross for TORRES to crack in. (3-1 Coventry City)
39KRUSE was put clear by VELA and he turned GHERASIM but glanced his shot inches wide.
45+2A pin-point pass found SAM and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
 
46KRUSE booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
49SAM made space on the left and touched the ball to KRUSE who fired the ball wide.
56TORRES beat SYCHEV and drilled the ball to BORJA who dragged his shot wide.
57The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from IGNJOVSKI dropped just wide.
60GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from GHERASIM enabled TORRES to head the ball into the empty net. (4-1 Coventry City)
62KRUSE shot wide.
63A corner found BRITOS who nodded the ball just wide.
68GOAL!! A great dummy from DE MARCOS allowed SPAHIC to lay a low ball off to KRUSE who drilled the ball over the line. (5-1 Coventry City)
73A free-kick from KRUSE went over the bar.
79A penalty box meleé resulted in BORJA knocking the ball wide.
85ARSHAVIN ran onto a delightful ball from KRANJCAR but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
90+2SUCHÝ beat two Coventry City players and fired a great chance just beyond the far post.