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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 23 (setup 1, season 31)
Burton Albion
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY71Etrit BERISHA
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Mason HOLGATE727John Anthony BROOKS
Rasim TAGIRBEKOV738Jonny EVANS
Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara48Darren FLETCHER
Brandon MECHELE65Ashley WILLIAMS
Bartosz SALAMON667Wifred NDIDI
Sam OSBORNE677Michail ANTONIO
JÁDSON Rodrigues da Silva87Mark NOBLE
Germán Gustavo DENIS697Jermain DEFOE
Matías Ariel FERNÁNDEZ Fernández8107Christian PULISIC
RYDER Matos Santos Pinto611Nathan REDMOND
ManagerPer Magnusson
Danny HOESEN12Joe GOMEZ
13Freddie WOODMAN
Tom FLANAGAN14Kieran TIERNEY
Bruno PETKOVIC615Tom DAVIES
Jack PRICE16Leon BAILEY

Burton Albion 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 23,354, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Andy PENN 7)
41 Fernández, 57 JádsonScorers33 Pulisic
84 Salamon <=> PetkovicSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
3Fouls23
2Offsides5
7Shots on6
4Shots off8
11Total shots14
5Shots saved5
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Darren FLETCHER
6DEFOE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
7A header by PULISIC at the near post was comfortably collected by the Burton Albion 'keeper.
7TAGIRBEKOV galloped through the Tranmere Rovers defence but shot straight at the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
15An exceptional effort from DEFOE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
29An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Burton Albion 'keeper by DEFOE.
30A mix up in the Burton Albion defence enabled PULISIC to hammer an effort wide.
33GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from NDIDI shook the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by PULISIC. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
37FERNÁNDEZ snapped at an easy chance.
38A accurate pass was collected by DENIS and his deadly effort went narrowly wide.
41GOAL!! After being forced wide FERNÁNDEZ managed to ram the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-1)
42PULISIC waltzed past JÁDSON and stroked a poor shot over the bar.
44The 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from RYDER.
 
48A header from FERNÁNDEZ was kicked off the line by WILLIAMS.
53A shot from REDMOND was smothered by the Burton Albion 'keeper.
57GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with JÁDSON firing the ball into the net. (2-1 Burton Albion)
58JÁDSON stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post.
59TAGIRBEKOV beat two Tranmere Rovers players and thundered a shot just beyond the near post.
61A strike from OSBORNE held little difficulty for the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
62PULISIC shot over.
65A thirty yard drive from FERNÁNDEZ caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
74DEFOE drilled a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
78NDIDI played the ball to FLETCHER who flicked it inches wide.
85A cross from NDIDI left ANTONIO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
86A lovely cross from NDIDI, was lashed goalbound by DEFOE only for the Burton Albion 'keeper to claw away.
88A corner was collected by PULISIC who turned the ball over the bar.