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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 35)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe FRYER1Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Danny McNAMARA2Kyle WALKER
Nick ANDERTON63Achraf HAKIMI
Joe LOLLEY48Leon GORETZKA
Sepp VAN DEN BERG57José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Rhys WILLIAMS67Jules KOUNDÉ
Rubin COLWILL77Malo GUSTO
Pawel WSZOLEK68Antoine GRIEZMANN
Antony EVANS9Harry KANE
Idrissa SYLLA6107Erling Braut HAALAND
Tadanari LEE611Benjamin SESKO
Manager
Bambo DIABY12Raphaël GUERREIRO
Gavin REILLY13Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
Ben REEVES14Timothée PEMBÉLÉ
Tony CRAIG15Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Jordan ROSSITER16Marco VERRATTI

Bristol Rovers 0 Newcastle United 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 10,802, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 7)
Scorers10 Kane, 58 Griezmann, 84 Hakimi
Substitutions
Sendings off
34 LeeBookings2 Sesko
2Corners2
28Fouls12
4Offsides3
1Shots on10
1Shots off7
2Total shots17
1Shots saved6
33%Possession67%
Man of the match: Achraf HAKIMI
1A lovely effort from LEE scraped the woodwork.
2SESKO booked for a high challenge on WSZOLEK.
5A pin-point pass fell to SESKO and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.
7A shot from GUSTO was smothered by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
10GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to GORETZKA who sliced a shot goalward, luckily KANE was on hand to fire the ball into the top corner. (1-0 Newcastle United)
12GRIEZMANN blasted a left foot shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
19A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
19GIMÉNEZ's shot was well held by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
24A corner was collected by GUSTO who forced the ball over the bar.
32A poor strike from GUSTO bounced agonisingly wide.
34LEE booked for gamesmanship.
41A penalty box meleé resulted in KANE driving the ball over.
41FRYER was able to palm clear a wicked shot.
42A looping effort from SESKO was saved by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
 
47HAALAND's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
50The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Newcastle United's HAKIMI.
58GOAL!! A patient Newcastle United side were rewarded with an accurate strike from GRIEZMANN. (2-0 Newcastle United)
60A header by WSZOLEK at the near post was comfortably collected by COURTOIS.
60GRIEZMANN was put clear by WALKER and he raced past the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
73A free-kick from GRIEZMANN floated over.
84GOAL!! A cross from GORETZKA was nodded away by MCNAMARA only for KANE to crack the ball back into the box for HAKIMI to force into the net. (3-0 Newcastle United)