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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 20 (setup 1, season 33)
Northampton Town
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
SERGIO ÁLVAREZ Conde51Etrit BERISHA
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Gustavo Raúl GÓMEZ Portillo2Joe GOMEZ
Salvatore BOCCHETTI737Jamaal LASCELLES
Yann M'VILA847Thomas Teye PARTEY
Ragnar KLAVAN5Eric DIER
Assane DIOUSSÉ667Wifred NDIDI
David CONCHA Salas7Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
Zach CLOUGH68Ross BARKLEY
Daniel STURRIDGE797Theo WALCOTT
Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI710Christian PULISIC
Rafael Santos BORRÉ Maury611Leon BAILEY
ManagerPer Magnusson
Francesco CASSATA127Kieran TIERNEY
Giampaolo PAZZINI13Mat RYAN
MATHEUS PEREIRA da Silva614Jonny EVANS
Sam HOSKINS15Jonjo SHELVEY
Francesco DI NOLFO16Michail ANTONIO

Northampton Town 1 Tranmere Rovers 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 45,542, Stadium: Sixfields, Referee: Graham SCOTT 6½)
17 XaviScorers65 Pulisic, 75 Bailey, 87 Walcott
66 Gómez <=> Matheus PereiraSubstitutions61 Lascelles <=> Tierney
Sendings off
Bookings
9Corners4
6Fouls13
0Offsides4
4Shots on5
7Shots off13
11Total shots18
3Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Yann M'VILA
5A drive from CLOUGH seemed a certain goal but BERISHA managed to palm the ball clear.
10An exceptional effort from PULISIC scraped the top of the crossbar.
17GOAL!! A long ball from M'VILA had the Tranmere Rovers defence back-pedalling and XAVI made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-0 Northampton Town)
20PULISIC ran onto a wonderful ball from NDIDI but dragged his effort wide.
21XAVI beat ALEXANDER-ARNOLD and whacked the ball to BORRÉ who fumbled his shot wide.
22PARTEY floated the ball to PULISIC who forced it over.
25GÓMEZ drilled a looping shot just beyond the near post from close range.
29The bemused SERGIO ÁLVAREZ stared in disbelief as a backpass from GÓMEZ dropped just wide.
38A penalty box meleé resulted in PULISIC tapping the ball over.
39M'VILA beat two Tranmere Rovers players and fired a great chance wide.
 
52PULISIC stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
56STURRIDGE kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
65GOAL!! A deep cross from BAILEY on the right was headed home by PULISIC at the far post. (1-1)
66M'VILA made space on the right and dragged the ball to STURRIDGE who touched the ball over.
66PULISIC dribbled past GÓMEZ and stroked a poor shot wide.
69A tame shot from ALEXANDER-ARNOLD bounced agonisingly wide.
71CLOUGH's shot was well saved by the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
72BARKLEY worked the ball to ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, PULISIC latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
75GOAL!! BAILEY dribbled forward, glanced up and stroked a shot into the Northampton Town net. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
79A fine ball from BARKLEY on the left found PULISIC who mishit his effort inches wide.
87GOAL!! A deep corner left the Northampton Town 'keeper struggling and WALCOTT banged the ball into the net. (3-1 Tranmere Rovers)
87Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled STURRIDGE to thump the ball just beyond the far post.