Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Accrington Stanley: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Accrington Stanley 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Josh Hawkes opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Josh Hawkes (14', penalty) and Josh Hawkes (49'). Accrington Stanley did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 23rd on 3 points from 8 and Accrington Stanley 8th on 13 points from 8. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Accrington Stanley 17th with 57.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Hawkes of Tranmere Rovers (8.5), ahead of Regan Hendry (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Accrington Stanley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Penalty goal · Josh HawkesTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Toby SavinAccrington Stanley
  • 15'Yellow card · Nigel AdkinsTranmere Rovers
  • 42'Red card · Jay Bagueloc'richAccrington Stanley
  • 49'Goal · Josh HawkesTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Tommy LeighAccrington Stanley
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Brad HillsAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke McGee, Dan Pike, Tom Davies, Josef Yarney, Jordan Turnbull, Regan Hendry, Brad Walker, Sam Taylor, Connor Jennings, Josh Hawkes, Charlie Jolley

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Toby Savin, Seb Quirk, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Brad Hills, Joseph Gubbins, Tommy Leigh, Dan Martin, Shaun Whalley, Joe Pritchard, Rosaire Longelo, Josh Andrews