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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 11 (setup 4, season 27)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez18Donovan RICKETTS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Jack STEPHENS72Richard KEOGH
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza37Steven SMITH
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA48Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Dedryck BOYATA857Damien DELANEY
Danny COLLINS66Tommy SMITH
Erik HUSEKLEPP78Craig GARDNER
Bersant CELINA687Daniel JOHNSON
Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ797David N'GOG
Jari OOSTERWIJK10Francisco Jiménez Tejada, XISCO
Dom CALVERT-LEWIN11Simeon JACKSON
Manager
Matthew BRIGGS12Sergio PETER
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Andreas VAIKLA
Rostyn GRIFFITHS14Marvin WILLIAMS
Wes ATKINSON15Abdoulaye MÉITÉ
Alex HENSHALL16James WESOLOWSKI

Tranmere Rovers 0 Walsall 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 16,636, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Jirí LERCH 5½)
Scorers
65 Stephens <=> AtkinsonSubstitutions57 N'Gog <=> Williams
Sendings off
Bookings11 Xisco
2Corners4
2Fouls5
0Offsides3
4Shots on5
5Shots off11
9Total shots16
4Shots saved4
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Donovan RICKETTS
7XISCO beat two Tranmere Rovers players and blasted a shot over the bar.
11The referee books XISCO.
12CELINA kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
14A poor strike from CELINA rolled agonisingly wide.
18DELANEY scuffed a simple chance.
19PENNY was able to block a tame shot from N'GOG.
24JOHNSON blasted a right foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
26JOHNSON poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
29A cross from XISCO left N'GOG in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
30A shot from JOHNSON was smothered by the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
34GARDNER played the ball to DELANEY who fired it over.
44CELINA brought the ball past GARDNER and stroked a tame shot over.
45+1RICKETTS dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Tranmere Rovers's CELINA.
45+3A great effort from N'GOG scraped the outside of the righthand post.
 
51A corner bobbled toward KEOGH who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
60KEOGH's shot was well held by PENNY.
64A pin-point pass found CELINA and his left foot effort floated narrowly over.
65CELINA pulled away from WILLIAMS but drove the ball into the arms of the Walsall 'keeper.
65PEDERSEN beat STEPHENS and whacked the ball to GARDNER who pulled his shot wide.
66A drive from XISCO seemed a certain goal but the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
68Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled JOHNSON to crack an effort inches over.
73A lovely cross from HUSEKLEPP, was slammed goalbound by CALVERT-LEWIN only for RICKETTS to block.
74A header from JOHNSON was headed off the line by ATKINSON.
75CELINA fired the ball through a crowd of players but RICKETTS was a match for it as he dived to his right.
77A penalty box scramble resulted in GARDNER driving the ball wide.
85CALVERT-LEWIN ran onto a great ball from HUSEKLEPP but blasted his shot wide of the goal.