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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 39 (setup 1, season 32)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
ALISSON Ramses Becker1Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Medhi BENATIA72Timothy FOSU-MENSAH
Radja NAINGGOLAN37Chris BRUNT
Morgan SANSON747Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Stefan DE VRIJ57Dario MARESIC
Kamil GLIK86Reece BURKE
FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes776Moses Daddy SIMON
WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO87Jason PUNCHEON
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín97Nils PETERSEN
ARDA Turan106Glenn WHELAN
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo711Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Beck NigelManager
Sven BENDER12Collin QUANER
Antonio MIRANTE13Connal TRUEMAN
CARLOS SOLER Barragán14Tyler WALKER
Ömer TOPRAK157Joe LEDLEY
Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO167Carlton MORRIS

Crewe Alexandra 6 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 60,777, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 5½)
37 Morata, 45 Vidal, 50 Morata, 68 Morata, 71 Felipe Anderson, 78 Felipe AndersonScorers
Substitutions61 Petersen <=> Ledley, 70 Brunt <=> Morris
Sendings off
3 De Vrij, 83 William CarvalhoBookings
7Corners4
9Fouls24
7Offsides3
8Shots on8
8Shots off4
16Total shots12
2Shots saved8
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Kamil GLIK
2A drive from CHOUPO-MOTING seemed a certain goal but the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
3A clinical tackle on PUNCHEON by DE VRIJ results in a booking.
10A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
19WILLIAM CARVALHO played the ball to FELIPE ANDERSON who nodded it over the bar.
27ALISSON managed to block a powerful shot.
32The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Crewe Alexandra's FELIPE ANDERSON.
37GOAL!! MORATA brought the ball forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Birmingham City net. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
40MORATA made space on the left and dragged the ball to FELIPE ANDERSON who rasped the ball over.
42A header by PUNCHEON at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
42FELIPE ANDERSON headed wide.
45GOAL!! A delightful dribble from NAINGGOLAN gave WILLIAM CARVALHO space on the right and VIDAL stabbed in his accurate pass. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
 
48WILLIAM CARVALHO beat BADU and placed the ball to MORATA who fumbled his shot wide.
50GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled MORATA to dribble through the Birmingham City defence and score. (3-0 Crewe Alexandra)
54A corner found BRUNT who flicked the ball over.
55The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from BRUNT.
62Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled VIDAL to hammer an effort wide.
68GOAL!! An imaginative BENATIA played a great ball down the middle to MORATA who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (4-0 Crewe Alexandra)
71GOAL!! An inswinging corner was headed clear only for FELIPE ANDERSON to crack the ball into the net. (5-0 Crewe Alexandra)
78GOAL!! A short backpass by MORRIS enabled FELIPE ANDERSON to nip in and crack the ball past KUSZCZAK. (6-0 Crewe Alexandra)
82An exceptional effort from PUNCHEON scraped the upright.
83WILLIAM CARVALHO booked.
85A weak strike from BADU bounced agonisingly wide.