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Steve Davies then hit the bar for the home side on 27 minutes and ten minutes later Aaron Cresswell brought a save out of Carlisle keeper Anthony Williams, while Danny Harrison came close with a Rovers free-kick on the stroke of half-time. Rovers made it 2-0 on 56 minutes when Cresswell, waiting to take a free-kick 40 yards out on the left, spotted Williams off his line and tried a lob. The United glovesman was able to push the shot onto the bar but Zola had the easy task of tapping in the rebound from inside the six yard box.
The Cumbrians, who were on the back-foot throughout, never really looked like getting a goal back, infact Davies, Harrison and Curran all saw efforts to add to the Tranmere lead saved while Carl Tremarco had a goal disallowed for pushing inside the area from a Rovers corner. So, another setback for Greg Abbott's side with the next match for the Blues being a trip to Accrington Stanley next Wednesday afternoon.
Tranmere line-up :
Ben Hinchcliffe, Michael Johnston, Danny Holmes, Carl Tremarco, Aaron Cresswell, Craig Curran, Paul Henry, Danny Harrison, Steve Davies, Calvin Zola, John Corrigan.
Substitutes :
Shane McWeeney (GK), Terry Gornell, Michael Blundell and Kevin McGarry.
United line-up :
Anthony Williams, Paul Arnison, James Krause, Dan Kirkup, Kevin Gray, Terry Stewart, Neale McDermott, Shaun Vipond, Stephen Hindmarch, Gary Madine, Derek Holmes.
Substitutes :
Adam Bradley (GK), Dan Wordsworth, Matthew Wood, Matthew Brown and Matthew Blake.
Results in the division this week :
Wrexham 0-0 Oldham (Mon)
Blackpool 0-1 Chester (Wed)
Oldham 2-1 Bury (Wed)
Tranmere 2-0 Carlisle (Wed)
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