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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 42 (setup 1, season 25)
Cheltenham Town
v.
Walsall
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Jan OBLAK1Arran LEE-BARRETT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mathieu DEBUCHY27Iván Rodrigo PIRIS Leguizamón
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL37Kévin THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE
Bruno MARTINS-INDI748Konstantin ZYRYANOV
Niklas MOISANDER75Robert HUTH
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA76Jorge PULIDO Mayoral
Alan DZAGOEV77Rasmus ELM
Ivan RAKITIC8Alain TRAORÉ
David VILLA Sánchez796Billel OMRANI
Marek HAMSÍK710Roberto Maximiliano PEREYRA
Javier Matías PASTORE7117Diego Martín FORLÁN Corazo
George BestManager
Fabian SCHÄR12WELLINGTON Aparecido Martins
Anthony LOPES13Luke SIMPSON
Lasse SCHØNE14José Antonio REYES Calderón
Bernard MALANDA ADJE15Alejandro POZUELO Melero
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín16Pietro PERDICHIZZI

Cheltenham Town 3 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 52,316, Stadium: Whaddon Road, Referee: Mike DEAN 7)
11 Villa, 25 Pastore, 56 PastoreScorers20 Théophile-Catherine
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners6
7Fouls7
4Offsides1
4Shots on3
7Shots off5
11Total shots8
1Shots saved1
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Konstantin ZYRYANOV
1A accurate pass bobbled toward VILLA and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
2A drive from PASTORE seemed a certain goal but LEE-BARRETT managed to punch the ball away.
3HUTH whacked a right foot shot inches wide from close range.
6A good effort from TRAORÉ scraped the woodwork.
10A wonderful save prevented THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE from scoring a great goal.
11GOAL!! On the left wing MARTINS-INDI collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for VILLA to drill it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Cheltenham Town)
12A corner fell to PASTORE who fired the ball just wide.
20GOAL!! A shot from THÉOPHILE-CATHERINE which the Cheltenham Town 'keeper was able to block seemed to have crossed the line and the ref awarded the goal. (1-1)
25GOAL!! . (2-1 Cheltenham Town)
38A penalty box meleé resulted in DZAGOEV tapping a low shot over.
43A cross from ZYRYANOV left TRAORÉ in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
45+2TRAORÉ headed just wide.
 
56GOAL!! A terrible backpass by PIRIS enabled PASTORE to run in and tuck the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Cheltenham Town)
59DZAGOEV shot over.
68Uncertainty in the Cheltenham Town defence enabled TRAORÉ to thump the ball just wide.
69PASTORE was put clear by RAKITIC and he dummied the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
77NACHO MONREAL made space on the right and touched the ball to HAMSÍK who touched the ball over.
86ELM's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cheltenham Town upright.
90A tame strike from PASTORE bounced agonisingly wide.