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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 41 (setup 4, season 28)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Colchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez716Jason STEELE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Dedryck BOYATA27Cuco MARTINA
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza3Marco 'Davide' FARAONI
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA847Kris COMMONS
Danny COLLINS57Florin GARDOS
Alan TATE766Pat BALDWIN
Rostyn GRIFFITHS777Don COWIE
Bersant CELINA8Junior STANISLAS
Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ79Jay BOTHROYD
Jari OOSTERWIJK6106Igor VETOKELE
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN11Theo ROBINSON
Manager
Matthew BRIGGS12Ben DICKENSON
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Sam WALKER
Wes ATKINSON14Luke NORRIS
Saul HALPIN15Courtney SENIOR
Alexis ALLART16Ollie SIMS

Tranmere Rovers 3 Colchester United 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 16,696, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 6)
5 Griffiths, 45 Calvert-Lewin, 69 Marcos AlonsoScorers81 Bothroyd
Substitutions
83 OosterwijkSendings off
54 OosterwijkBookings
2Corners5
3Fouls11
6Offsides11
9Shots on9
11Shots off4
20Total shots13
4Shots saved7
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Dedryck BOYATA
4STEELE managed to block a fierce shot.
5GOAL!! On the right wing TATE collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for GRIFFITHS to crack it into the net. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
14OOSTERWIJK was put clear by and he dummied the Colchester United 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
19CELINA made space on the left and dragged the ball to who touched the ball over.
27A good effort from OOSTERWIJK scraped the woodwork.
31COWIE worked the ball to COMMONS, BOTHROYD latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
32MARCOS ALONSO fired a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
35A free-kick from CALVERT-LEWIN flew over the bar.
38A header by CALVERT-LEWIN at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
45GOAL!! An outswinging corner nodded out by BALDWIN was hit into the net by CALVERT-LEWIN. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
45+3A shot from COWIE held no problem for PENNY.
 
52GRIFFITHS raced past COMMONS but placed the ball into the arms of the Colchester United 'keeper.
54A looping shot from BOYATA was blocked by STEELE.
54A bad challenge on VETOKELE by OOSTERWIJK results in a booking.
62A mix up in the Colchester United defence enabled to thump the ball wide.
69GOAL!! An imaginative JAVI GARCÍA played a wonderful ball down the middle to MARCOS ALONSO who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Tranmere Rovers)
71A tame shot from OOSTERWIJK rolled agonisingly wide.
78CELINA beat COWIE and whacked the ball to who dragged his shot wide.
79A penalty box meleé resulted in BOTHROYD cracking a low shot over.
81GOAL!! An energetic COMMONS ran down the wing and pulled the ball back for BOTHROYD to slip home. (3-1 Tranmere Rovers)
83OOSTERWIJK sent off.
87BOTHROYD headed wide.