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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 13 (setup 4, season 38)
Darlington
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS71Rúnar Alex RÚNARSSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Neco WILLIAMS726Dedryck BOYATA
Jan VERTONGHEN3MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Pierre LEES-MELOU84Ryan YATES
IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo56Luis BINKS
Joël MATIP76Derrick WILLIAMS
Salis ABDUL SAMED7Lukas RUPP
Reiss NELSON78Bersant CELINA
Sasa KALAJDZIC797Dom CALVERT-LEWIN
Stevan JOVETIC106Regan CHARLES-COOK
Danny WELBECK711Sylvester JASPER
Manager
Frédéric GUILBERT12Jordan ZEMURA
Jon FLATT13Luke PILLING
Matt RITCHIE14Jonny SMITH
Yasser LAROUCI15Alex HENSHALL
Marcus MADDISON16Josh DACRES-COGLEY

Darlington 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,815, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 5½)
5 Nelson, 62 WelbeckScorers75 Calvert-Lewin
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners3
2Fouls15
2Offsides6
12Shots on8
11Shots off10
23Total shots18
8Shots saved6
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Pierre LEES-MELOU
2The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from KALAJDZIC.
5GOAL!! A tame drive from NELSON seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (1-0 Darlington)
16WELBECK brought the ball past RUPP and stroked a tame shot wide.
17RUPP made space on the right and pulled the ball to CALVERT-LEWIN who fired the ball wide.
29A poor strike from CALVERT-LEWIN rolled agonisingly wide.
32CHARLES-COOK was put clear by RUPP and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
37LEES-MELOU headed inches over.
40A great save prevented WELBECK from scoring a great goal.
42A cross from YATES left CALVERT-LEWIN in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
45+1KALAJDZIC rushed a simple chance.
 
52WILLIAMS beat MARCOS ALONSO but tapped the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
54A shot from VERTONGHEN was kicked off the line by BOYATA.
55RÚNARSSON dived to his right to block a lovely shot from Darlington's KALAJDZIC.
57The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from ABDUL SAMED.
61A shot from CALVERT-LEWIN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
62GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by LEES-MELOU who setup WELBECK with an easy chance. (2-0 Darlington)
65A accurate pass was collected by VERTONGHEN and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
68A free-kick from CALVERT-LEWIN went wide.
75GOAL!! An inswinging corner was nodded clear only for CALVERT-LEWIN to thump the ball into the net. (2-1 Darlington)
76A lovely effort from KALAJDZIC scraped the outside of the righthand post.
79CELINA ran onto a great ball from YATES but dragged his effort wide of the righthand post.
83A mix up in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled KALAJDZIC to hit an effort over.