BIRKENHEAD. Sutton United overcomes Tranmere Rovers 1-0 after I. Olaofe scored just 1 goal (71′). Tranmere Rovers was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Prenton Park stadium in Birkenhead on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Will Finnie with the assistance of Joe Clark and Alan Clayton. The 4th official was Paul Stonier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tranmere Rovers was in firm control of the ball 65% while Sutton United was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tranmere Rovers was has a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Sutton United found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Tranmere Rovers shot 13 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sutton United shot 16 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards (N. Knight-Percival and J. Spearing). On the other side, Sutton United received 2 yellow cards (R. Bennett and B. Goodliffe).

Standings

After playing this match, Tranmere Rovers will stay with 22 points like Bradford City to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Sutton United will have 26 points like Harrogate Town, Newport County and Swindon Town to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Tranmere Rovers will play away against Bristol Rovers on the 20th of November with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

Sutton United will play away agasint Leyton Orient on the 20th of November with a 2-2 head to head.

Tranmere Rovers – Formation

Tranmere Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Micky Mellon decided to play with the following team: Ross Doohan (6.6), Josh Dacres-Cogley (6.5), Peter Clarke (7.3), Nathaniel Knight-Percival (6.9), Calum MacDonald (6.4), Jay Spearing (7.4), Ryan Watson (6.8), Callum McManaman (6.5), Kieron Morris (6.8), Liam Feeney (6.6) and Elliott Nevitt (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Glatzel (6.7), T. Davies, S. Foley, Josh Hawkes (6.7), M. Duffy, N. Maynard and J. Murphy.

Substitutions

Tranmere Rovers made 2 changes: L. Feeney for J. Hawkes (58′) and K. Morris for P. Glatzel (63′).

Best player: Jay Spearing​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tranmere Rovers was Jay Spearing.

His rating is (7.4) with 49 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.

Sutton United – Formation

Sutton United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Matt Gray played with: Dean Bouzanis (7.1), Joe Kizzi (7.6), Ben Goodliffe (7.4), Coby Rowe (7.5), Robert Milsom (7.1), David Ajiboye (7.1), Craig Eastmond (6.5), Alistair Smith (6.8), Will Randall (7.0), Isaac Olaofe (7.3) and Richie Bennett (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: B. House, L. John, Craig Dundas (6.4), Donovan Wilson (6.2), B. Wyatt, R. Korboa and Kenny Davis.

Sutton United could not rely on the presence of C. Dundas (injured).

Substitutions

Sutton United made 3 changes: I. Olaofe for D. Wilson (75′), R. Bennett for C. Dundas (82′) and C. Eastmond for K. Davis (88′).

Best player: Joe Kizzi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sutton United was Joe Kizzi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 38 passes (55% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Rochdale – Leyton Orient – 2-2
• Scunthorpe United – Salford City – 1-1
• Stevenage – Mansfield Town – 1-2
• Tranmere Rovers – Sutton United – 0-1
• Walsall – Harrogate Town – 1-3
• Bristol Rovers – Northampton Town – 2-1
• Carlisle United – Barrow – 0-0
• Exeter City – Oldham Athletic – 2-1
• Port Vale – Bradford City – 1-1