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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 15 (setup 4, season 28)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez717Marco SILVESTRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack STEPHENS28Victor MOSES
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza838Aaron CRESSWELL
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA47Stuart O'KEEFE
Dedryck BOYATA5Ragnar SIGURÐSSON
Danny COLLINS766Liam FONTAINE
Rostyn GRIFFITHS7Mauro Abel FORMICA
Bersant CELINA787Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE
Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ97Jordan HUGILL
Erik HUSEKLEPP610Louis MOULT
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN11Hameur BOUAZZA
Manager
Jari OOSTERWIJK12Kelvin WILSON
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Joe LUMLEY
Alexis ALLART14Patrick CREGG
Wes ATKINSON157Greg CUNNINGHAM
Matthew BRIGGS16James McFADDEN

Tranmere Rovers 3 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 16,695, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 6)
1 , 33 , 78p Scorers57 Owusu-Abeyie
Substitutions68 Hugill <=> Cunningham
Sendings off
Bookings49 Formica, 76 Fontaine, 78 Sigurðsson
0Corners6
5Fouls17
2Offsides3
8Shots on5
6Shots off2
14Total shots7
4Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
1GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled to run through the Portsmouth defence and score. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
14JAVI GARCÍA beat four Portsmouth players and blasted a shot just wide.
17A right foot effort from CALVERT-LEWIN was pushed round the post by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
20A free-kick from GRIFFITHS went over.
25CELINA fired the ball through a ruck of players but SILVESTRI was a match for it as he dived to his left.
25CALVERT-LEWIN made space on the left and dragged the ball to MARCOS ALONSO who clipped the ball over.
33GOAL!! A delightful shot from JAVI GARCÍA was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as who fired the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
45+1A corner bobbled toward MARCOS ALONSO who touched an effort wide.
 
49FORMICA booked for a high tackle.
50A wonderful save prevented HUGILL from scoring a good goal.
53A refined pass from CELINA, was blasted goalbound by only for the Portsmouth 'keeper to palm clear.
53CALVERT-LEWIN hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
56A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
57GOAL!! A long clearance by the Portsmouth 'keeper beat the Tranmere Rovers defence and OWUSU-ABEYIE blasted the ball beyond the oncoming Tranmere Rovers 'keeper. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
64CELINA dribbled round FONTAINE and stabbed a weak shot into the crowd.
67A good effort from FORMICA scraped the upright.
68A shot from was smothered by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
70OWUSU-ABEYIE was put clear by MOSES and he dummied PENNY but glanced his shot just wide.
76FONTAINE booked.
78SIGURÐSSON booked for an off-the-ball incident.
78GOAL!! A foul on GRIFFITHS inside the area gave Tranmere Rovers a penalty which buried.
81A strike from CUNNINGHAM held little difficulty for PENNY.
83An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of PENNY by O'KEEFE.
86CELINA's header was well saved by the 'keeper.