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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 5 (setup 1, season 32)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Etrit BERISHA717Wesley FODERINGHAM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Jamaal LASCELLES26Paul McSHANE
Jonny EVANS36Charlie TAYLOR
Thomas Teye PARTEY47Pascal GROSS
Eric DIER57Jeffrey GOUWELEEUW
Wifred NDIDI76Maurizio DOMIZZI
Michail ANTONIO77Chris BURKE
Ross BARKLEY8Henri SAIVET
Theo WALCOTT96HÉLDER Manuel Marques POSTIGA
Christian PULISIC10Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
Kieran TIERNEY11Jamie WARD
Per MagnussonManager
Joe GOMEZ12Robert SNODGRASS
Tom HEATON13Sergei RYZHIKOV
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD14Maynor Alexis FIGUEROA Róchez
Tom DAVIES15Daniel PINILLOS González
Leon BAILEY16Anthony STOKES

Tranmere Rovers 2 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 48,404, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Martin ATKINSON 6)
53 Pulisic, 66 PulisicScorers79 Burke
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings12 Hélder Postiga, 39 Domizzi, 47 Ward
5Corners8
21Fouls17
14Offsides5
7Shots on7
8Shots off4
15Total shots11
5Shots saved6
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Thomas Teye PARTEY
2NDIDI knocked the ball to WALCOTT who forced it just beyond the near post.
3WARD made space on the left and knocked the ball to GROSS who rasped the ball over.
6The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from PULISIC.
12HÉLDER POSTIGA booked for a clumsy tackle.
14A drive from PULISIC seemed a certain goal but FODERINGHAM managed to palm the ball clear.
22A cross from PARTEY left PULISIC in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
27A strike from VARELA held little difficulty for the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
31WALCOTT was put clear by BARKLEY and he pulled away from FODERINGHAM but thrust his shot over.
35WALCOTT's shot beat the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but rebounded off the Nottingham Forest post.
37A pin-point pass found MCSHANE and his looping shot went narrowly over.
39The referee yellow cards DOMIZZI.
45+3A free-kick from WALCOTT raced just wide.
45+4HÉLDER POSTIGA rifled a simple chance past the far post.
 
47WARD cautioned for a poor tackle on PULISIC.
53GOAL!! The Nottingham Forest 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from DOMIZZI and PULISIC was able to roll the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
58WALCOTT hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
61The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from VARELA dropped just wide.
66GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled PULISIC to run through the Nottingham Forest defence and score. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
67The 'keeper dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Nottingham Forest's HÉLDER POSTIGA.
79GOAL!! BURKE hit a glorious thirty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
81PULISIC headed wide.
89A penalty box scramble resulted in TAYLOR cracking a low shot wide.