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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 44 (setup 4, season 27)
Rochdale
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE16Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI2Jack STEPHENS
Ross WALLACE837MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Chris BAIRD74Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Vedran CORLUKA5Matthew BRIGGS
Josh THOMPSON666Rostyn GRIFFITHS
Igor SHEVCHENKO77Erik HUSEKLEPP
Marcus OLSSON78Bersant CELINA
Libor KOZÁK97Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ
Mika ÄÄRITALO610Alexis ALLART
Barry BANNAN117Dom CALVERT-LEWIN
Manager
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE12Saul HALPIN
Daniel HAAS13Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Stephen PEARSON14Wes ATKINSON
Danny LIVESEY15Alex HENSHALL
Josh O'KEEFE16

Rochdale 0 Tranmere Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 10,146, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 6)
Scorers41p , 88 Celina
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings21 Stephens
4Corners5
21Fouls10
0Offsides6
9Shots on6
11Shots off4
20Total shots10
9Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Ross WALLACE
6KOZÁK nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
7A header by BANNAN at the near post was easily collected by PENNY.
8A free-kick from CELINA went over.
14The Rochdale 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Tranmere Rovers's BRIGGS.
17A good ball from CORLUKA on the left was collected by OLSSON who sliced his shot inches over.
21CALVERT-LEWIN fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Rochdale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
21The referee books STEPHENS for a late foul.
24KOZÁK's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
28A refined cross from OLSSON, was blasted goalbound by BANNAN only for PENNY to claw away.
35A delightful save prevented CELINA from scoring a great goal.
41GOAL!! Tranmere Rovers were awarded a penalty after a foul on HUSEKLEPP, and put it past the 'keeper.
44OLSSON headed just beyond the far post.
 
51ÄÄRITALO worked the ball to SHEVCHENKO, BANNAN collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
59BANNAN flicked a looping shot inches wide from close range.
63A pin-point pass found KOZÁK and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
65OLSSON dribbled away from MARCOS ALONSO and stabbed a weak shot well wide.
70A good effort from KOZÁK scraped the top of the crossbar.
71BAIRD beat STEPHENS and whacked the ball to BANNAN who fumbled his shot wide.
79ÄÄRITALO made space on the right and pulled the ball to THOMPSON who clipped the ball over.
84An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper by OLSSON.
88GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed CALVERT-LEWIN to nudge the ball to CELINA who whacked a right foot shot into the back of the net. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
90+1JAVI GARCÍA snapped at an easy chance.