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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 36 (setup 1, season 31)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Etrit BERISHA17Wesley FODERINGHAM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
John Anthony BROOKS2Felix PASSLACK
Jonny EVANS836Emiliano Adrián INSÚA
Eric DIER4Jaroslav PLASIL
Ashley WILLIAMS57Paul McSHANE
Wifred NDIDI66Maurizio DOMIZZI
Michail ANTONIO77Chris BURKE
Ross BARKLEY78Henri SAIVET
Jermain DEFOE96Jamie WARD
Christian PULISIC106Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
Kieran TIERNEY11Anthony STOKES
Per MagnussonManager
Jamaal LASCELLES12Pascal GROSS
Tom HEATON13Sebastian MIELITZ
Tom DAVIES14Daniel PINILLOS González
Theo WALCOTT15Robert SNODGRASS
Leon BAILEY166Cristian Daniel LEDESMA

Tranmere Rovers 3 Nottingham Forest 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 50,558, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 5)
24 Pulisic, 25 Pulisic, 62 DefoeScorers
Substitutions67 Saivet <=> Ledesma
Sendings off
Bookings22 Saivet
11Corners5
15Fouls13
15Offsides10
13Shots on3
6Shots off6
19Total shots9
9Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Jonny EVANS
2A great save prevented PULISIC from scoring a good goal.
11A shot from BURKE was smothered by the 'keeper.
19An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Nottingham Forest 'keeper by DIER.
21A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
22SAIVET receives a yellow card by the ref.
24GOAL!! A short backpass by DOMIZZI enabled PULISIC to nip in and tuck the ball past FODERINGHAM. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
25GOAL!! A neat one-two left PULISIC clear and he made no mistake by instinctively floating the ball beyond the oncoming Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
42FODERINGHAM dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Tranmere Rovers's NDIDI.
 
46The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce shot.
52EVANS beat two Nottingham Forest players and stroked a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
53DEFOE's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
60DEFOE ran onto a great ball from NDIDI but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
62GOAL!! DEFOE hit a swerving twenty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (3-0 Tranmere Rovers)
64FODERINGHAM saved a glorious shot from DEFOE.
71The Nottingham Forest 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from DEFOE.
73LEDESMA headed over the bar.
77A perfect shot from PULISIC was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
79A lovely effort from PASSLACK scraped the outside of the righthand post.
80A penalty box scramble resulted in WARD knocking a low shot over.
81The bemused FODERINGHAM could only watch as a backpass from PASSLACK fell just wide.
82BURKE beat NDIDI and blasted the ball to WARD who toe-poked his shot wide.
89PULISIC flicked a left foot shot over from thirty yards out.