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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 7 (setup 4, season 27)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez16Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack STEPHENS72Carl JENKINSON
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza3Dean MOXEY
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA84Stewart DOWNING
Dedryck BOYATA75Mike VAN DER HOORN
Danny COLLINS66Michael MORRISON
Rostyn GRIFFITHS7Kevin VOLLAND
Bersant CELINA8Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ797Callum WILSON
Jari OOSTERWIJK10Martin BRAITHWAITE
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN116Jérémie BOGA
Manager
Wes ATKINSON12Marc ROBERTS
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Jon STEWART
Matthew BRIGGS14Maxime COLIN
Saul HALPIN15Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Alex HENSHALL16Craig GARDNER

Tranmere Rovers 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 16,737, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Mike DEAN 6)
17 Calvert-Lewin, 45+3 BoyataScorers8 Arnautovic, 69 Wilson
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
10Fouls12
3Offsides1
4Shots on8
5Shots off4
9Total shots12
2Shots saved5
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
3A fine ball from DOWNING on the right was collected by ARNAUTOVIC who mishit his shot wide.
5BRAITHWAITE's shot was well saved by PENNY.
8GOAL!! A neat one-two left ARNAUTOVIC clear and he made no mistake by cleverly chipping the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
15A shot from CELINA was smothered by the 'keeper.
17GOAL!! A block from the Birmingham City 'keeper enabled CALVERT-LEWIN to glance the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
22A strike from VOLLAND held no problem for the 'keeper.
28CELINA headed wide.
36VESIC did well to hold onto a fierce shot from CALVERT-LEWIN.
37Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled BRAITHWAITE to blast an effort over the bar.
39ARNAUTOVIC's shot was well held by PENNY.
45A header from WILSON was headed off the line by MARCOS ALONSO.
45+1CELINA headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
45+3GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from GRIFFITHS hit the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by BOYATA. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
 
48GRIFFITHS ran onto a great ball from CELINA but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
51PENNY managed to block a fierce effort.
63A poor strike from ARNAUTOVIC rolled agonisingly wide.
69GOAL!! STEPHENS tried to play the ball out of the Tranmere Rovers penalty area but was tackled by BRAITHWAITE who turned the ball to WILSON for an easy goal. (2-2)
73DOWNING beat two Tranmere Rovers players and drove a golden opportunity over the bar.
80WILSON fired the ball through a crowd of players but PENNY was a match for it as he dived to his right.
90+2 dribbled away from BRAITHWAITE and poked a poor shot well wide.
90+3GRIFFITHS scuffed an easy chance.