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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 28 (setup 4, season 28)
Darlington
v.
Charlton Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS71Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Gregory VAN DER WIEL27James TOMKINS
Giorgio CHIELLINI738Aleksandar KOLAROV
Luka MODRIC4Leroy FER
Daniele DE ROSSI85Jason PEARCE
Samir NASRI66Kyle NAUGHTON
Stevan JOVETIC7Darren PRATLEY
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA88Dusan TADIC
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI95Mikhail KENNEDY
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER610Mark MARSHALL
Danny WELBECK11Billy CLARKE
Manager
John BOSTOCK12Patrick BAUER
Jon FLATT13Stephen BYWATER
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior146Regan CHARLES-COOK
Dean PARRETT15Jay DASILVA
Mario GOMEZ16Erik PIETERS

Darlington 4 Charlton Athletic 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 24,879, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Tony BATES 5)
2 Balotelli, 12 Welbeck, 22 Welbeck, 84p BalotelliScorers39 Kolarov
Substitutions61 Marshall <=> Charles-Cook
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners8
6Fouls18
4Offsides0
6Shots on1
13Shots off9
19Total shots10
2Shots saved0
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Daniele DE ROSSI
1WELBECK floated the ball to BALOTELLI who headed it inches over.
2GOAL!! A VAN DER WIEL run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for BALOTELLI to crack in. (1-0 Darlington)
4A weak strike from WELBECK trickled agonisingly wide.
5BALOTELLI stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
8CHIELLINI hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
12GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled WELBECK to glance the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Darlington)
17CHIELLINI beat a number of Charlton Athletic players and fired a shot wide.
18MODRIC beat KOLAROV and fired the ball to BALOTELLI who hit his shot wide.
21DI MARÍA's shot was well saved by the Charlton Athletic 'keeper.
22GOAL!! A poor backpass by KOLAROV enabled WELBECK to run in and tuck the ball past the Charlton Athletic 'keeper. (3-0 Darlington)
27A lovely effort from BALOTELLI scraped the woodwork.
32A useful ball from FER on the left was collected by TADIC who scuffed his shot over the bar.
33A corner fell to FER who fired an effort wide.
35TADIC scuffed an easy chance.
36The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from DE ROSSI fell just wide.
39GOAL!! A long ball from PRATLEY had the Darlington defence back-pedalling and KOLAROV made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (3-1 Darlington)
 
51BALOTELLI ran onto a wonderful ball from PACO ALCÁCER but blasted his shot wide of the lefthand post.
63PRATLEY headed inches over.
79WELBECK made space on the right and touched the ball to DI MARÍA who rasped the ball over.
81A cross from FER left KENNEDY in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
84GOAL!! A foul on DI MARÍA inside the area gave Darlington a penalty which BALOTELLI made look easy.
90A delightful save prevented DI MARÍA from scoring a lovely goal.