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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 14 (setup 4, season 27)
WBA
v.
Bradford City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Marc-André TER STEGEN716Tommy FORECAST
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig DAWSON2ALEXIS Ruano Delgado
Kieran GIBBS73FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
Mario GÖTZE84Georginio WIJNALDUM
Jonny EVANS58Leonardo BONUCCI
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior767Jan VERTONGHEN
Grzegorz KRYCHOWIAK77BEÑAT Etxebarria Urkiaga
Arjen ROBBEN86Marko MARIN
Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz79Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Karim BENZEMA610Kevin GAMEIRO
Jay RODRIGUEZ6116Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, RONALDINHO
Manager
Claudio Ariel YACOB12Kyriakos PAPADOPOULOS
Boaz MYHILL13Filip DJURICIC
Mauro Emanuel ICARDI14Gilles SUNU
Kane WILSON15Gueïda FOFANA
Nacer CHADLI16András SIMON

WBA 4 Bradford City 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 59,885, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Andy HALL 5½)
22 Evans, 35 Robben, 60 Robben, 73 RobbenScorers29 Higuaín, 81 Alexis
Substitutions
Sendings off
15 BenzemaBookings
1Corners2
18Fouls12
1Offsides2
5Shots on9
8Shots off3
13Total shots12
1Shots saved7
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Mario GÖTZE
1A lovely effort from SUÁREZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
5GIBBS rifled a simple chance past the righthand post.
7A shot from ALEXIS was nodded off the line by GIBBS.
8A good ball from WIJNALDUM on the left fell to HIGUAÍN who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.
9The hapless WBA 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from GÖTZE dropped just wide.
15A bad tackle on BONUCCI by BENZEMA results in a booking.
21ROBBEN waltzed away from BONUCCI and poked a tame shot into the crowd.
22GOAL!! A RODRIGUEZ run down the middle resulted in a low cross for EVANS to tap in. (1-0 WBA)
22A twenty-five yard drive from HIGUAÍN caused the WBA 'keeper little difficulty.
23A shot from GAMEIRO was smothered by the WBA 'keeper.
24ROBBEN was put clear by SUÁREZ and he beat the Bradford City 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
29GOAL!! Unlucky BEÑAT hit the crossbar before HIGUAÍN rifled the ball home as KRYCHOWIAK failed to clear. (1-1)
35GOAL!! An energetic RODRIGUEZ ran down the wing and touched the ball back for ROBBEN to tuck home. (2-1 WBA)
36A header by HIGUAÍN at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
37The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from GAMEIRO.
38BENZEMA knocked the ball to ROBBEN who fired it inches over.
 
47OSCAR beat a number of Bradford City players and stroked an effort wide.
53RONALDINHO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
60GOAL!! On the right wing SUÁREZ collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for ROBBEN to fire it into the back of the net. (3-1 WBA)
73GOAL!! After some patient play on the right ROBBEN came inside and drilled the ball into the net. (4-1 WBA)
81GOAL!! A nice run by GAMEIRO on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which ALEXIS flicked in at the far post. (4-2 WBA)
81SUÁREZ shot over.
85A cross from ROBBEN left SUÁREZ in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
86HIGUAÍN's shot beat the WBA 'keeper but rebounded off the WBA upright.
89A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
90+1A accurate pass found VERTONGHEN and his left foot effort went narrowly wide.