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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 1 (setup 1, season 26)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Mihai GHERASIM16Christian WETKLO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo27Daniel SCHWAAB
Yuri ZHIRKOV38Marcel SCHÄFER
RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol748Julian SCHUSTER
Marek SUCHÝ5Per MERTESACKER
Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI67Stéphane GRICHTING
Niko KRANJCAR67Stefan AIGNER
Andrei ARSHAVIN8Leonardo BITTENCOURT
Tomás NECID697Nils PETERSEN
Dmitri SYCHEV106Alexander MEIER
EDUARDO Alves da Silva611OSVALDO Lourenço Filho
Manager
Mladen PETRIC12Sead KOLASINAC
Nathan STANTON13André HOFFMANN
Conor McALENY714Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH
Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE615Jan SCHLAUDRAFF
Rob HALL166Alexander ESSWEIN

Tranmere Rovers 1 Sunderland 4
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 41,310, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Martin ATKINSON 7)
69 ArshavinScorers15 Bittencourt, 40 Osvaldo, 57 Bittencourt, 76 Schäfer
69 Zhirkov <=> McAleny, 85 Ignjovski <=> Vágner LoveSubstitutions76 Schwaab <=> Esswein
Sendings off84 Bittencourt
Bookings29 Osvaldo, 45+2 Bittencourt, 45+2 Meier, 65 Aigner
3Corners4
6Fouls17
1Offsides2
4Shots on5
4Shots off8
8Total shots13
3Shots saved1
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Julian SCHUSTER
1NECID was put clear by FELIPE and he stepped inside the Sunderland 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide.
13SCHUSTER played the ball to BITTENCOURT who forced it wide.
14A shot from EDUARDO was kicked off the line by GRICHTING.
15GOAL!! OSVALDO made space for BITTENCOURT who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, drilled the ball past GHERASIM. (1-0 Sunderland)
27A header by BITTENCOURT at the near post was comfortably collected by the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
29OSVALDO receives a yellow card by the referee.
31A mix up in the Sunderland defence enabled EDUARDO to crack an effort over the bar.
40GOAL!! A deep cross by GRICHTING was met by OSVALDO who rushed in to score. (2-0 Sunderland)
43A cross from AIGNER left SCHÄFER in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
45+1A fine ball from BITTENCOURT on the right bobbled toward SCHWAAB who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
45+2BITTENCOURT booked for a late challenge.
45+2MEIER booked.
 
48KRANJCAR made space on the right and pulled the ball to EDUARDO who touched the ball wide.
49PETERSEN dribbled round ARSHAVIN and rifled a poor shot into the crowd.
51The Sunderland 'keeper stopped a lovely strike from NECID.
51A lovely effort from SCHÄFER scraped the outside of the post.
57GOAL!! A great solo effort from BITTENCOURT who beat two defenders before striking the ball in off the post. (3-0 Sunderland)
58A weak shot from AIGNER rolled agonisingly wide.
65AIGNER booked by ATKINSON for a bad foul.
69GOAL!! On the left wing SUCHÝ collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for ARSHAVIN to slip it over the line. (3-1 Sunderland)
71An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by ARSHAVIN.
76GOAL!! A patient Sunderland side were rewarded with a lovely strike from SCHÄFER. (4-1 Sunderland)
79The bemused Sunderland 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from AIGNER dropped just wide.
83AIGNER stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
84The referee gave BITTENCOURT a second yellow card for a bad challenge on MCALENY.
88AIGNER shot wide.