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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 46 (setup 1, season 31)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
ALISSON Ramses Becker17Bill HAMID
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Medhi BENATIA726Michael ESSIEN
Radja NAINGGOLAN3Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE
Gabriel Fernández Arenas, GABI4Artur YUSUPOV
Ömer TOPRAK75FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Kamil GLIK6Adam REACH
FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes77Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo
WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO8Stewart DOWNING
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín79Bradley FEWSTER
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo106Fraizer CAMPBELL
Granit XHAKA7116David NUGENT
Beck NigelManager
ARDA Turan12Paul DIGBY
Antonio MIRANTE13Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio
CARLOS SOLER Barragán14Kieran RICHARDSON
Morgan SANSON15Remie STREETE
André-Pierre GIGNAC16Euan SPARK

Crewe Alexandra 3 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 57,732, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 5½)
18 Felipe Anderson, 56 Nainggolan, 80 Felipe AndersonScorers15 Stuani
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners6
7Fouls17
0Offsides1
9Shots on3
12Shots off5
21Total shots8
6Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes
4XHAKA beat REACH and hit the ball to NAINGGOLAN who blasted his shot wide.
6A lovely pass from VIDAL, was drove goalbound by FELIPE ANDERSON only for the Middlesbrough 'keeper to claw away.
11MORATA was put clear by GLIK and he stepped inside HAMID but thrust his shot inches over.
11A free-kick from VIDAL went over.
12A penalty box meleé resulted in WILLIAM CARVALHO driving a low shot wide.
12A drive from FELIPE ANDERSON seemed a certain goal but the Middlesbrough 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
15GOAL!! Some useful work by ECHIEJILE on the left, left STUANI yards clear, and he nutmegged the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper and drove the ball over the line. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
18GOAL!! A wonderful drive from NAINGGOLAN was punched clear by HAMID only as far as FELIPE ANDERSON who fired the ball past the stranded HAMID. (1-1)
22FELIPE ANDERSON scuffed a simple chance.
29VIDAL beat two Middlesbrough players and thundered an effort just beyond the far post.
36A left foot shot from DOWNING was tipped over by ALISSON.
38DOWNING shot over.
40A good effort from DOWNING scraped the upright.
42VIDAL's shot beat HAMID but rebounded off the Middlesbrough woodwork.
43A shot from VIDAL was booted off the line by REACH.
 
55A cross from XHAKA left FELIPE ANDERSON in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
56GOAL!! After WILLIAM CARVALHO was fouled the ref waved play-on and NAINGGOLAN went on to easily score. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
65The motionless Middlesbrough 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from STUANI dropped just over.
74The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Crewe Alexandra's MORATA.
80GOAL!! A delightful dummy from NAINGGOLAN allowed XHAKA to lay a perfect ball off to FELIPE ANDERSON who drilled the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Crewe Alexandra)
90STUANI headed over.
90+2A pin-point pass found MORATA and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide.