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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 3 (setup 4, season 28)
WBA
v.
Macclesfield Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Marc-André TER STEGEN1Salvatore SIRIGU
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig DAWSON2Héctor BELLERÍN Moruno
Kieran GIBBS3JORDI ALBA Ramos
Mario GÖTZE74Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Jonny EVANS757Neven SUBOTIC
Nicolai Mřller BOILESEN76Marcel SCHMELZER
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior77Jakub Blaszczykowski, KUBA
Arjen ROBBEN87Tonny Emilio Trindade de VILHENA
Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz9Radamel FALCAO García Zárate
Mauro Emanuel ICARDI10Leandro Daniel PAREDES
Jay RODRIGUEZ611Cristian TELLO Herrera
Manager
Nacer CHADLI12Ignazio ABATE
Ben FOSTER13Iker CASILLAS Fernández
Darren FLETCHER146Alejandro Grimaldo García, ALEX GRIMALDO
Karim BENZEMA15Danny HOESEN
José 'Salomón' RONDÓN Giménez16Lucas Daniel ROMERO

WBA 2 Macclesfield Town 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 53,538, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Howard WEBB 7½)
11 Suárez, 73 SuárezScorers55 Vilhena
Substitutions74 Kuba <=> Alex Grimaldo
Sendings off
34 RodriguezBookings10 Bellerín, 65 Schmelzer, 70 Vilhena
1Corners3
13Fouls13
3Offsides5
5Shots on4
7Shots off7
12Total shots11
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Kieran GIBBS
9The stunned Macclesfield Town 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SCHMELZER dropped just wide.
10BELLERÍN booked by WEBB for a clumsy tackle.
11GOAL!! A delightful shot from BOILESEN was palmed away by the Macclesfield Town 'keeper only as far as SUÁREZ who blasted the ball past the stranded SIRIGU. (1-0 WBA)
17A cross from GÖTZE left GIBBS in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
26VILHENA's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
28The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from FALCAO.
34RODRIGUEZ given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle.
42A delightful save prevented VILHENA from scoring a good goal.
43A great effort from RODRIGUEZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
 
47SIRIGU stopped a lovely shot from SUÁREZ.
55GOAL!! A shot from VILHENA bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted WBA 'keeper. (1-1)
63A weak shot from RODRIGUEZ bounced agonisingly wide.
64A corner found JORDI ALBA who nodded the ball just wide.
65The ref books SCHMELZER for violent conduct against EVANS.
66A mix up in the WBA defence enabled VILHENA to hit an effort wide.
68A great shot from ROBBEN was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
69VILHENA ran onto a wonderful ball from VIDAL but fired his shot wide.
70The ref cautions VILHENA.
72ICARDI beat VILHENA and flicked the ball to GIBBS who blasted his effort wide.
73GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled SUÁREZ to run through the Macclesfield Town defence and score. (2-1 WBA)
82TELLO beat two WBA players and thundered a great chance just beyond the near post.
85The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot.