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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 21 (setup 4, season 27)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez1Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack STEPHENS27Santiago VERGINI
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza83Ross WALLACE
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA846Stephen PEARSON
Dedryck BOYATA5Vedran CORLUKA
Danny COLLINS66John O'SHEA
Rostyn GRIFFITHS76Igor SHEVCHENKO
Bersant CELINA88Barry BANNAN
Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ9Mika ÄÄRITALO
Jari OOSTERWIJK106Josh O'KEEFE
Erik HUSEKLEPP11Marcus OLSSON
Manager
Wes ATKINSON12RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Daniel HAAS
Alex HENSHALL14Josh THOMPSON
Saul HALPIN15Libor KOZÁK
Matthew BRIGGS16Danny LIVESEY

Tranmere Rovers 3 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 16,680, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Goran MARKOV 8)
10 , 60 Celina, 79 Marcos AlonsoScorers75 Bannan
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners3
6Fouls16
2Offsides4
8Shots on6
11Shots off7
19Total shots13
5Shots saved5
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
6Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled HUSEKLEPP to thump the ball over.
8A weak strike from GRIFFITHS rolled agonisingly wide.
9A header by GRIFFITHS at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
10GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from COLLINS gave CELINA space on the right and flicked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
13The hapless JOHNSTONE could only watch as a backpass from VERGINI dropped just wide.
15CELINA headed just beyond the far post.
17A strike from ÄÄRITALO held no problem for the 'keeper.
26The Rochdale 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from CELINA.
31A left foot shot from was forced wide by the Rochdale 'keeper.
 
51GRIFFITHS beat BANNAN and drilled the ball to CELINA who dragged his effort wide.
52An exceptional shot from O'KEEFE was dealt with by a fine block from PENNY.
57A free-kick from raced wide.
60GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to JAVI GARCÍA who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily CELINA was on hand to hammer the ball into the top corner. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
63JAVI GARCÍA rushed an easy chance.
71A cross from O'KEEFE left WALLACE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
72A great effort from CORLUKA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
73A twenty-five yard shot from SHEVCHENKO caused the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper no problem.
75GOAL!! The creative ÄÄRITALO neatly flicked on a cross for BANNAN to thump the ball in. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
79GOAL!! A poor drive from MARCOS ALONSO seemed to hold no problem for JOHNSTONE but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (3-1 Tranmere Rovers)
81CELINA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
84MARCOS ALONSO ran onto a delightful ball from JAVI GARCÍA but dragged his shot wide of the righthand post.
88BANNAN beat three Tranmere Rovers players and fired a shot wide.