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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 3 (setup 3, season 5)
Wigan Athletic
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Callan McKENNA617Conor HAZARD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Calvin RAMSAY27Andy YIADOM
Tom PEARCE37Trevor CLARKE
Brodie SPENCER48Erhun Aksel ÖZTÜMER
Tom HOLMES757Cédric KIPRÉ
Leon KING766Josh GRANT
Ross McCAUSLAND676Sam NICHOLSON
Zach CLOUGH78Ryan LONGMAN
Josh LANDERS97Josh COBURN
David WATSON6106Jack RODWELL
Luke BRENNAN7116John MARQUIS
Scott SmillieManager
Carl JENKINSON12Jeando FUCHS
Jamie JONES13Danny ROGERS
Thelo AASGAARD14Luke McCORMICK
Gavin MASSEY15Ed UPSON
Callum LANG16Ali KOIKI

Wigan Athletic 0 Bristol Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 12,398, Stadium: DW Stadium (construction in progress), Referee: Dave FOSTER 7)
Scorers29 Longman, 81 Longman
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings69 Nicholson
6Corners6
6Fouls11
8Offsides5
5Shots on4
2Shots off14
7Total shots18
5Shots saved2
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Erhun Aksel ÖZTÜMER
7A penalty box scramble resulted in COBURN driving the ball wide.
14NICHOLSON knocked the ball to LONGMAN who turned it inches wide.
20YIADOM hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
24A drive from WATSON seemed a certain goal but the Bristol Rovers 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
25LONGMAN shot wide.
29GOAL!! A quick-witted LONGMAN pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
30A pin-point pass fell to CLOUGH and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
31MARQUIS beat WATSON and flicked the ball to NICHOLSON who fired his effort wide.
33COBURN poked a simple chance past the near post.
38A good effort from RODWELL scraped the woodwork.
38HAZARD dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Wigan Athletic's BRENNAN.
40PEARCE galloped through the Bristol Rovers defence but shot straight at HAZARD.
43A wonderful save prevented LONGMAN from scoring a great goal.
44A mix up in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled COBURN to crack an effort inches wide.
45+1CLARKE was put clear by COBURN and he raced past MCKENNA but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
 
47A cross from LONGMAN left COBURN in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
50LONGMAN fluffed a simple chance.
54A tame strike from LONGMAN bounced agonisingly wide.
58CLARKE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
63A free-kick from LONGMAN floated wide.
67NICHOLSON beat two Wigan Athletic players and fired a great chance wide.
69A clumsy tackle gets NICHOLSON a yellow card.
70MCCAUSLAND's shot was well held by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
71A right foot shot from BRENNAN was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
81GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Wigan Athletic 'keeper, CLARKE was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to LONGMAN to slip home. (2-0 Bristol Rovers)
88WATSON ran onto a great ball from MCCAUSLAND but blasted his effort wide of the goal.