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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 16 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Connal TRUEMAN1ALISSON Ramses Becker
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LEDLEY27Medhi BENATIA
Chris BRUNT3Radja NAINGGOLAN
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU747Gabriel Fernández Arenas, GABI
Reece BURKE757Stefan DE VRIJ
Jason PUNCHEON667Kamil GLIK
Glenn WHELAN67FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes
Andy KING68WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Nils PETERSEN9Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Victor ANICHEBE106ARDA Turan
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING11Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
ManagerBeck Nigel
Max LOWE12Morgan SANSON
Daniel DE SILVA13Antonio MIRANTE
Tyler WALKER14CARLOS SOLER Barragán
Moses Daddy SIMON715Ömer TOPRAK
Ryan KENT16Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO

Birmingham City 1 Crewe Alexandra 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 34,567, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 7½)
31 PetersenScorers62 Felipe Anderson, 73 Nainggolan
68 Petersen <=> SimonSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings9 De Vrij
5Corners2
19Fouls8
0Offsides1
3Shots on7
6Shots off4
9Total shots11
2Shots saved5
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Radja NAINGGOLAN
3A shot from FELIPE ANDERSON held no problem for the 'keeper.
4FELIPE ANDERSON made space on the left and pulled the ball to ARDA who touched the ball wide.
6Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled KING to blast an effort over.
8KING fluffed a simple chance.
9STAMATOPOULOS cautions DE VRIJ for a late challenge.
10A thirty yard drive from MORATA caused the Birmingham City 'keeper no problem.
19A free-kick from KING flew over.
29A shot from FELIPE ANDERSON was hoofed off the line by LEDLEY.
31GOAL!! A cross from the right was flicked down by ANICHEBE for PETERSEN to score. (1-0 Birmingham City)
40A penalty box scramble resulted in FELIPE ANDERSON driving the ball over.
42WHELAN kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
 
55TRUEMAN saved a lovely strike from NAINGGOLAN.
57An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by DE VRIJ.
59KING ran onto a wonderful ball from ANICHEBE but toe-poked his effort wide.
62GOAL!! A tackle from CHOUPO-MOTING gave Crewe Alexandra a free-kick on the edge of the area which FELIPE ANDERSON blasted past the 'keeper. (1-1)
68An exceptional strike from SIMON was dealt with by a useful stop from ALISSON.
73GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of NAINGGOLAN who hit the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
80A accurate pass fell to MORATA and his looping shot floated narrowly over.
83ANICHEBE stabbed a simple chance past the near post.
85A great save prevented SIMON from scoring a great goal.
88ARDA beat a number of Birmingham City players and fired an effort over.