Match Report
| Derby County | Derby County |  |  | Tranmere Rovers | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Stockdale | W. Stockdale |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 51 | | James Lee | J. Lee | |||||||||
| Sylvain Priestley | S. Priestley | | 55 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 53 | | Jody Woodcock | J. Woodcock | |||||||||
| Miel Dijkhuizen | M. Dijkhuizen |  | 51 | D | | 3 | | D | 49 | | Ledley Copping | L. Copping | |||||||||
| Daniele Weir | D. Weir | | 48 | D | | 4 | | D | 47 | | John Greaves | J. Greaves | |||||||||
| Peter Platt | P. Platt | | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 47 | | Jermaine Shearer | J. Shearer | |||||||||
| Nicholas Byrne | N. Byrne | | 49 | M | | 6 | | M | 57 | | Neil Moore | N. Moore | |||||||||
| Kemal Salmon | K. Salmon | | 49 | M | | 7 | | M | 53 | | Des Mccann | D. Mccann | |||||||||
| Alberto Shaw | A. Shaw | | 46 | M | | 8 | | M | 52 | | Mervin Ince | M. Ince | |||||||||
| Phil Atherton | P. Atherton | | 41 | M | | 9 | | A | 59 | | Simon Gordon | S. Gordon | |||||||||
| Carl Coppinger | C. Coppinger | | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 58 | | Harry Burbage | H. Burbage | |||||||||
| Luke Grant | L. Grant | | 49 | A | | 11 | | A | 42 | | Dale Beagrie | D. Beagrie | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Pride Park Stadium where Derby County play host to Tranmere Rovers. A crowd of 2,735 fill this 3,000 capacity stadium.
Derby County are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Tranmere Rovers appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Derby County are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Tranmere Rovers appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Derby County kicking off!
3.32
0-0Ledley Copping knocks the ball forward to Neil Moore. Neil Moore chips the ball to his team mate, Harry Burbage. Harry Burbage knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
24.11
0-0Alberto Shaw makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Carl Coppinger. Carl Coppinger shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but James Lee easily smothers it!
26.33
Alberto Shaw chips the ball to his team mate, Luke Grant. Luke Grant knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to James Lee who gathers it comfortably.
28.10
0-0Alberto Shaw chips the ball to his team mate, Luke Grant. Luke Grant tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
32.40
Neil Moore threads the ball through to Simon Gordon. Simon Gordon whips in a cross ball towards Harry Burbage. Harry Burbage heads the ball goalwards. Magnificent save by Wayne Stockdale!
33.31
Alberto Shaw chips the ball to his team mate, Luke Grant. Luke Grant shoots from 25 yards. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
36.22
Daniele Weir makes a simple pass to Kemal Salmon. Kemal Salmon makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Luke Grant. Luke Grant shoots from distance. James Lee easily smothers it.
38.05
1-0Miel Dijkhuizen kicks a strong pass forward to Alberto Shaw. Alberto Shaw knocks the ball forward to Luke Grant. Luke Grant plays a perfect one-two with Carl Coppinger and rushes in on goal... Luke Grant makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
42.01
1-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
44.16
Miel Dijkhuizen flicks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Shaw. Alberto Shaw threads the ball through to Luke Grant. Luke Grant knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and Tranmere Rovers kick off!
47.57
Mervin Ince makes a probing pass to Harry Burbage. Harry Burbage goes all the way! Harry Burbage takes a shot at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
53.20
Derby County are easily keeping Tranmere Rovers at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
54.12
Miel Dijkhuizen knocks the ball forward to Alberto Shaw. Alberto Shaw threads the ball through to Carl Coppinger. Carl Coppinger sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but James Lee easily smothers it!
57.16
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
63.30
Neil Moore knocks the ball forward to Simon Gordon. Simon Gordon knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
65.37
Mervin Ince flicks the ball to his team mate, Simon Gordon. Simon Gordon knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Daniele Weir.
77.28
Alberto Shaw makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Luke Grant. Luke Grant goes all the way! Luke Grant shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it is miles over!
78.41
1-0Neil Moore hacks Daniele Weir from behind! The referee calls over Neil Moore and warns him to calm down! Daniele Weir stretches but gets up unharmed.
79.34
Nicholas Byrne flicks the ball to his team mate, Luke Grant. Luke Grant goes all the way! Luke Grant tries a spectacular strike but it is tipped over by James Lee.
85.26
Dale Beagrie clumsily knocks into Daniele Weir. The referee calls over Dale Beagrie and warns him to calm down! Daniele Weir runs off the knock.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
6
1
Shots off Target
2
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
64.3%
35.7%
Play Area
24.3%
52.9%
22.9%
Scorers
| Luke Grant 38 |