Tranmere Rovers vs Accrington Stanley

23 September 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Purkiss

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Josh Hawkes 14’ (pen), 49’

Match summary

Tranmere Rovers saw off Accrington Stanley 2-0. Tranmere Rovers led 1-0 at half-time.

Josh Hawkes put Tranmere Rovers ahead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and Hawkes made it 2-0 in the 49th minute.

Shots finished 17-9 to Tranmere Rovers, with 7 on target for Tranmere Rovers and 3 for Accrington Stanley. Accrington Stanley had a player sent off.

Match stats

Tranmere Rovers Accrington Stanley
17 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Tranmere Rovers Accrington Stanley
Kick-off
Josh Hawkes
Penalty
1-0 (Tranmere Rovers)
14’
Half-time1-0
Josh Hawkes2-0 (Tranmere Rovers)
49’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Accrington Stanley
  • Jay Rich-Baghuelou
  • Toby Savin
  • Brad Hills
  • Tommy Leigh

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Accrington Stanley attacking Tranmere Rovers attacking 
7’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 11’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 14’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), penalty, goal 22’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 30’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 30’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 33’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 34’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 45’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 46’ Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 46’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 52’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 56’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), set piece, blocked 49’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 53’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 58’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 62’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 68’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 72’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 75’ Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 79’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 80’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 83’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 87’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 87’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+3’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), set piece, off target 7’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 11’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 14’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), penalty, goal 22’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 30’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 30’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 33’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 34’ Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers), set piece, off target 45’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 46’ Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 46’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 52’ Unknown (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 56’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), set piece, blocked 49’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, goal 53’ Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 58’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 62’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 68’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 72’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 75’ Dan Pike (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 79’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 80’ Regan Hendry (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 83’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 87’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 87’ Tom Davies (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, saved 90+3’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Dan Pike
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Tom Davies
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Josef Yarney
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Regan Hendry Taken off
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Brad Walker Taken off
61′ – – – – – – –
Sam Taylor Taken off
61′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Josh Hawkes Taken off
90′ 2 – 4 – – – –
Charlie Jolley
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Christopher Merrie Came on as a substitute
29′ – – – – – – –
Harvey Saunders Came on as a substitute
29′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Tranmere Rovers win 35% Avg odds 2.68
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36
Accrington Stanley win 37% Avg odds 2.51

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.