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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 45 (setup 1, season 31)
Grimsby Town
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Julian SPERONI71Etrit BERISHA
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Victor MOSES2Ryan SHAWCROSS
Aly CISSOKHO73Jonny EVANS
Jérémy CLÉMENT74Eric DIER
Papy Mison DJILOBODJI5Ashley WILLIAMS
James CHESTER666Wifred NDIDI
Papakouli DIOP77Michail ANTONIO
Christian GENTNER87Ross BARKLEY
Frederico Chaves Guedes, FRED97Jermain DEFOE
Daniele DESSENA710Christian PULISIC
Luke FREEMAN117Kieran TIERNEY
ManagerPer Magnusson
Dan BURN12Jamaal LASCELLES
John ALVBÅGE13Tom HEATON
Alan HUTTON146Thomas Teye PARTEY
John BRAYFORD15Theo WALCOTT
Peter PAWLETT16Leon BAILEY

Grimsby Town 0 Tranmere Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 30,009, Stadium: Blundell Park, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 6½)
Scorers32 Barkley, 67 Defoe
Substitutions81 Defoe <=> Partey
Sendings off
84 FreemanBookings
4Corners5
18Fouls24
1Offsides17
8Shots on8
4Shots off8
12Total shots16
7Shots saved6
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Ashley WILLIAMS
8A thirty yard drive from PULISIC caused the Grimsby Town 'keeper no problem.
15The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot.
18PULISIC flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
24The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from CISSOKHO.
27The bemused SPERONI could only watch as a backpass from CLÉMENT fell just over.
28EVANS hit a looping shot wide from twenty yards out.
32GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed TIERNEY to play the ball to BARKLEY who blasted a looping shot home. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
35PULISIC steamed through the Grimsby Town defence but shot straight at the Grimsby Town 'keeper.
40A shot from DESSENA was smothered by BERISHA.
 
47A good ball from WILLIAMS on the left fell to NDIDI who mishit his effort over.
51A strike from TIERNEY held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
56A lovely cross from CLÉMENT, was slammed goalbound by FREEMAN only for BERISHA to claw away.
56DIER floated the ball to ANTONIO who flicked it just beyond the far post.
61A left foot shot from DESSENA was clawed past the post by BERISHA.
66A tame strike from PULISIC trickled agonisingly wide.
67GOAL!! A short goal-kick was intercepted by BARKLEY who setup DEFOE with a simple chance. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
78BERISHA was able to block a weak header from GENTNER.
81CLÉMENT beat DIER and fired the ball to FRED who toe-poked his effort wide.
83ANTONIO touched the ball through a crowd of players but SPERONI was a match for it as he dived to his left.
84The ref yellow cards FREEMAN for dangerous play against NDIDI.
85GENTNER stepped inside WILLIAMS but blasted the ball into the arms of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
89A penalty box scramble resulted in GENTNER driving a low shot wide.