User:
Password:
Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 45 (setup 4, season 28)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez1Dan BENTLEY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Wes ATKINSON2Kenneth OMERUO
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza37Jelle VAN DAMME
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA46Andrew SURMAN
Danny COLLINS5Alex BAPTISTE
Alan TATE66Brice DJA DJEDJE
Rostyn GRIFFITHS77Marcus HARNESS
Bersant CELINA886Oliver BURKE
Jari OOSTERWIJK79Jordan RHODES
Erik HUSEKLEPP10Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN7117Valeri BOJINOV
Manager
Alexis ALLART12Glenn WHELAN
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Bram VERBIST
Matthew BRIGGS14Cristian Alexis MONTAÑO Castillo
Saul HALPIN15Kevin VANDENBERGH
16Michael TONGE

Tranmere Rovers 2 Port Vale 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 16,619, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Mike PIKE 6)
44 Calvert-Lewin, 64 Javi GarcíaScorers55 Burke
Substitutions
Sendings off
37 Marcos Alonso, 86 CollinsBookings7 Burke, 9 Harness, 11 Stracqualursi, 20 Bojinov
3Corners2
14Fouls26
1Offsides3
8Shots on7
5Shots off8
13Total shots15
6Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Bersant CELINA
7The ref cautions BURKE for an off-the-ball incident against MARCOS ALONSO.
9HARNESS booked for gamesmanship.
11STRACQUALURSI given a yellow card for a clinical tackle.
20BOJINOV booked.
23A useful ball from RHODES on the right was collected by SURMAN who sliced his shot just wide.
28The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper was able to block a fierce shot.
31A thirty yard shot from CALVERT-LEWIN caused the 'keeper no problem.
37MARCOS ALONSO booked for a bad tackle on BURKE.
38RHODES played the ball to STRACQUALURSI who turned it just wide.
42CALVERT-LEWIN was put clear by OOSTERWIJK and he stepped inside the Port Vale 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
43A refined pass from HUSEKLEPP, was flicked goalbound by COLLINS only for the Port Vale 'keeper to claw away.
44GOAL!! An imaginative JAVI GARCÍA played a great ball down the middle to CALVERT-LEWIN who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
 
47OOSTERWIJK rushed through the Port Vale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
49STRACQUALURSI worked the ball to HARNESS, VAN DAMME gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
55GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled BURKE to glance the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
64GOAL!! On the left wing ATKINSON collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for JAVI GARCÍA to slip it into the roof of the net. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
69HARNESS beat TATE and whacked the ball to SURMAN who hit his shot wide.
78A cross from SURMAN left BURKE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
80RHODES clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
82The 'keeper dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Port Vale's BURKE.
86PIKE cautions COLLINS for a poor challenge.
88A corner found COLLINS who nodded an effort over the bar.