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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 6 (setup 5, season 17)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve PHILLIPS1George LONG
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Sebastian RUDY727Vlad CHIRICHES
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado3Roberto CANELLA Suárez
Vegard FORREN4Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara
Sergey POLITEVICH57Dirk MARCELLIS
François AFFOLTER66Juan Carlos PAREDES Reasco
Matt JARVIS677Paul COUTTS
José Heriberto IZQUIERDO Mena78José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, JOTA
Remi JOHANSEN697Lucas Ramón BARRIOS
Emmanuel Nosakhare Igiebor, NOSA610Dominic SOLANKE
Anthony UJAH6116Lennart THY
Manager
Michael KIGHTLY12Jake BUXTON
Kasper POVLSEN613George WILLIS
Jørgen SKJELVIK14DIEGO Ribas da Cunha
Igor SHITOV615Jake WRIGHT
Jonathan PARR16David EDGAR

Bristol Rovers 3 Sheffield United 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 20,607, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Hilmar WEILANDT 6½)
39 Layún, 58 Nosa, 72 ForrenScorers7 Coutts, 41 Barrios
72 Politevich <=> Shitov, 72 Rudy <=> PovlsenSubstitutions59 Chiriches <=> Wright
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners3
12Fouls5
1Offsides1
4Shots on8
7Shots off4
11Total shots12
1Shots saved6
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, JOTA
4PHILLIPS was able to palm clear a tame shot from GARGANO.
7GOAL!! A deep cross by MARCELLIS was met by COUTTS who rushed in to score. (1-0 Sheffield United)
12A penalty box meleé resulted in UJAH tapping the ball wide.
13LAYÚN poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
28NOSA's shot was well saved by the Sheffield United 'keeper.
33A refined cross from SOLANKE, was flicked goalbound by THY only for PHILLIPS to palm clear.
33BARRIOS chipped the ball to SOLANKE who fired it wide.
34A free-kick from FORREN raced wide.
39GOAL!! The Sheffield United 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from MARCELLIS and LAYÚN was able to stab the ball home. (1-1)
41GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Bristol Rovers 'keeper enabled BARRIOS to lob the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Sheffield United)
42A cross from IZQUIERDO left JOHANSEN in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
48A header from CANELLA was hoofed off the line by RUDY.
50BARRIOS whacked a left foot shot over the bar from just outside the area.
52A tame strike from BARRIOS trickled agonisingly wide.
56IZQUIERDO brought the ball away from SOLANKE and rifled a tame shot past the post.
58GOAL!! A long clearance by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper beat the Sheffield United defence and NOSA fired the ball beyond the oncoming Sheffield United 'keeper. (2-2)
68The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from BARRIOS.
72GOAL!! A mishit backpass by MARCELLIS enabled FORREN to nip in and drive the ball past LONG. (3-2 Bristol Rovers)
79NOSA rushed an easy chance.
83The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked effort.
84SHITOV booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
89BARRIOS shot wide.
89A drive from COUTTS seemed a certain goal but PHILLIPS managed to parry the ball away.