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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 5, season 17)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Rafael Enrique ROMO Pérez17RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Sebastian RUDY2Jamaal LASCELLES
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado73Ciaran CLARK
Vegard FORREN74JOÃO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO
Sergey POLITEVICH5Leonardo BONUCCI
François AFFOLTER66Medhi BENATIA
Remi JOHANSEN677Henri SAIVET
Emmanuel Nosakhare Igiebor, NOSA68Julian DRAXLER
Eggert Gunnþór JÓNSSON9José Luis Mato Sanmartín, JOSELU
Thomas DRAGE610Jonjo SHELVEY
Anthony UJAH7117Carlos Alberto TÉVEZ
Manager
Igor SHITOV12AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez
Steve PHILLIPS13Tim KRUL
Jonathan PARR14Paul DUMMETT
Kasper POVLSEN15Matt RITCHIE
Matt JARVIS716Jack COLBACK

Bristol Rovers 0 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 20,559, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 7)
Scorers43 Draxler, 47 Joselu
66 Forren <=> JarvisSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
11Fouls3
4Offsides4
1Shots on8
6Shots off16
7Total shots24
1Shots saved6
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: José Luis Mato Sanmartín, JOSELU
2RUDY headed wide.
5A free-kick from NOSA went wide.
7An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of ROMO by DRAXLER.
10A shot from JOÃO MOUTINHO was smothered by the 'keeper.
19JOSELU brought the ball past NOSA and rifled a poor shot over.
20A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
22DRAXLER stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.
26DRAXLER hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
29A mix up in the Newcastle United defence enabled UJAH to thump an effort just beyond the far post.
35BENATIA beat a number of Bristol Rovers players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
41The hapless Bristol Rovers 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from RUDY fell just over.
43GOAL!! An imaginative BONUCCI played a wonderful ball down the left to DRAXLER who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Newcastle United)
 
47GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from DRAXLER gave JOÃO MOUTINHO space on the left and JOSELU poked in his pin-point pass. (2-0 Newcastle United)
49A good ball from TÉVEZ on the left bobbled toward BONUCCI who mishit his effort over the bar.
52LASCELLES was put clear by SAIVET and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
54SHELVEY dummied NOSA but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
55CLARK snapped at a simple chance.
57A corner was collected by UJAH who touched the ball wide.
78CLARK shot over.
79A great save prevented UJAH from scoring an exceptional goal.
80JOSELU's shot beat ROMO but rebounded off the Bristol Rovers post.
81JOSELU made space on the right and touched the ball to SHELVEY who rasped the ball wide.