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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 27 (setup 1, season 31)
Northampton Town
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Yoann CARDINALE71Etrit BERISHA
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Toby ALDERWEIRELD82John Anthony BROOKS
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ73Jonny EVANS
LUCAS Rafael Araujo LIMA46Darren FLETCHER
Gabriel Iván MERCADO57Ashley WILLIAMS
Gustavo Raúl GÓMEZ Portillo76Wifred NDIDI
David CONCHA Salas77Michail ANTONIO
Bryan Jafet RUIZ González687Mark NOBLE
Rafael Santos BORRÉ Maury797Jermain DEFOE
Andrea PIRLO10Christian PULISIC
Wissam BEN YEDDER611Nathan REDMOND
ManagerPer Magnusson
Rémy CABELLA12Joe GOMEZ
SERGIO ÁLVAREZ Conde13Tom HEATON
Ragnar KLAVAN14Kieran TIERNEY
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN615Tom DAVIES
Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI16Leon BAILEY

Northampton Town 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 60,008, Stadium: Sixfields, Referee: Dave FOSTER 6)
24 Ruiz, 78 Ben YedderScorers16 Pulisic
60 Ruiz <=> Xavi, 70 Gómez <=> Calvert-LewinSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners1
4Fouls11
2Offsides10
7Shots on5
5Shots off9
12Total shots14
5Shots saved4
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Toby ALDERWEIRELD
9NOBLE's shot beat CARDINALE but rebounded off the Northampton Town post.
10ANTONIO beat MERCADO and drilled the ball to NOBLE who toe-poked his shot wide.
11BORRÉ was put clear by PIRLO and he nutmegged BERISHA but thrust his shot over the bar.
13NOBLE waltzed past RODRIGUEZ and flicked a weak shot past the post.
15A shot from BORRÉ seemed a certain goal but BERISHA managed to fist the ball clear.
16GOAL!! With his back to goal PULISIC wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past CARDINALE. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
19The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked shot.
24GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for RUIZ to fire the ball home. (1-1)
26A cross from NOBLE left PULISIC in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
32A delightful save prevented REDMOND from scoring a great goal.
35PULISIC kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
38A free-kick from BORRÉ went just wide.
44A twenty yard drive from RUIZ caused the 'keeper no problem.
 
46DEFOE ran onto a great ball from REDMOND but fumbled his shot wide.
48CARDINALE dived to his right to stop an accurate drive from Tranmere Rovers's DEFOE.
52Uncertainty in the Northampton Town defence enabled REDMOND to hammer an effort just beyond the near post.
58A useful ball from LUCAS LIMA on the right was collected by BORRÉ who sliced his shot wide.
62The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from XAVI.
62A header from XAVI was hoofed off the line by WILLIAMS.
66A pin-point pass found PULISIC and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
74An exceptional effort from XAVI scraped the outside of the post.
78GOAL!! An imaginative RODRIGUEZ played a wonderful ball down the left to BEN YEDDER who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Northampton Town)
79REDMOND knocked the ball to PULISIC who forced it just wide.
81BORRÉ poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
85The stunned CARDINALE was a mere bystander as a backpass from XAVI dropped just over.
90The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from PULISIC.