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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 9 (setup 4, season 27)
Grimsby Town
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY15Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Matthew CONNOLLY2Jack STEPHENS
Achraf LAZAAR738MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Christophe GRONDIN74Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Steve COOK657Dedryck BOYATA
José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho6Danny COLLINS
Keith BRIGGS7Rostyn GRIFFITHS
Marc PUGH78Bersant CELINA
Adam ROONEY9Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ
Tommer HEMED610Jari OOSTERWIJK
Marcus RASHFORD117Dom CALVERT-LEWIN
Manager
Fernando Martin FORESTIERI12Matthew BRIGGS
Patrik GERRBRAND613Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Leon BARNETT14Erik HUSEKLEPP
Kenny COOPER15Wes ATKINSON
Bruno ZUCULINI16Alex HENSHALL

Grimsby Town 2 Tranmere Rovers 4
(Half-time: 2-4, Attendance: 9,937, Stadium: Blundell Park, Referee: Mike THORPE 5)
9 Pugh, 31 RooneyScorers5 , 12 , 29 Javi García, 38 Marcos Alonso
47 Cook <=> Barnett, 81 Connolly <=> GerrbrandSubstitutions
Sendings off
49 Hemed, 49 Rooney, 68 Barnett, 85 BriggsBookings
2Corners4
18Fouls6
13Offsides17
5Shots on4
7Shots off4
12Total shots8
3Shots saved0
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
2ROONEY placed a looping shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
5GOAL!! . (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
7ROONEY booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
9A pin-point pass was collected by ROONEY and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
9GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled PUGH to run through the Tranmere Rovers defence and score. (1-1)
10CALVERT-LEWIN beat four Grimsby Town players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
12GOAL!! As HEMED was attempting to hold back COLLINS the ball dropped to who knocked the ball into the net. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
15A mix up in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled CONNOLLY to hit an effort wide.
29GOAL!! JAVI GARCÍA waltzed forward, looked up and blasted a shot into the Grimsby Town net. (3-1 Tranmere Rovers)
31GOAL!! A CONNOLLY run down the right resulted in an exceptional cross for ROONEY to fire in. (3-2 Tranmere Rovers)
38GOAL!! A deep cross from STEPHENS on the right was headed home by MARCOS ALONSO at the far post. (4-2 Tranmere Rovers)
 
49HEMED booked.
49ROONEY receives a yellow card by the ref.
50A useful ball from BARNETT on the right found PUGH who scuffed his shot just wide.
51A penalty box meleé resulted in COLLINS knocking the ball over.
54A shot from LAZAAR held no problem for the 'keeper.
63 shot wide.
68The referee books BARNETT.
76The stunned PENNY stared in disbelief as a backpass from COLLINS fell just over.
80An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of PENNY by PUGH.
80The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from GRONDIN.
85A poor tackle on MARCOS ALONSO by BRIGGS results in a booking.
88CALVERT-LEWIN was put clear by MARCOS ALONSO and he stepped inside MA-KALAMBAY but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
90+1RASHFORD rushed a simple chance.