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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 9 (setup 1, season 25)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
René ADLER1Jak ALNWICK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Medhi BENATIA2Danny SIMPSON
Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena737Taye TAIWO
Sven BENDER4Yohan CABAYE
Stefan DE VRIJ657Stefan SAVIC
Ola JOHN6Ondrej MAZUCH
Shinji OKAZAKI776Ryan TAYLOR
Moussa SISSOKO86Sylvain MARVEAUX
Stefan KIESSLING97Ishak BELFODIL
ARDA Turan107Mousa DEMBÉLÉ
Granit XHAKA117Artur SOBIECH
Beck NigelManager
Zakaria LABYAD12Oguzhan ÖZYAKUP
Erwin MULDER13Junior HOILETT
Mickaël CIANI14Muhamed BESIC
Kelvin LEERDAM156Luciano Alejandro OSPINA Londoño
Florian Marc JOZEFZOON16Kazenga LUA-LUA

Crewe Alexandra 5 Newcastle United 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 47,348, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Tony BATES 6½)
14 Kiessling, 22og Belfodil, 38 John, 53 John, 79 KiesslingScorers
Substitutions72 Belfodil <=> Ospina
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners2
7Fouls9
13Offsides8
6Shots on4
4Shots off8
10Total shots12
1Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Jak ALNWICK
3A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
10A penalty box meleé resulted in MARVEAUX cracking the ball wide.
12MARVEAUX's shot was well held by ADLER.
14GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by KIESSLING. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
15XHAKA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Newcastle United post.
19BELFODIL ran onto a delightful ball from CABAYE but toe-poked his shot wide.
22GOAL!! A corner was fired across the goalmouth and BELFODIL fumbled the ball into his own net.
25A poor shot from CABAYE trickled agonisingly wide.
29A fine ball from MARVEAUX on the left bobbled toward DEMBÉLÉ who mishit his effort inches wide.
38GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from BENATIA caught the Newcastle United defence square and JOHN rushed through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (3-0 Crewe Alexandra)
39OKAZAKI hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
40The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BENDER fell just wide.
43An exceptional shot from DEMBÉLÉ was dealt with by a fine parry from ADLER.
 
53GOAL!! A long clearance by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper beat the Newcastle United defence and JOHN drove the ball past the advancing ALNWICK. (4-0 Crewe Alexandra)
55A pin-point pass fell to OKAZAKI and his left foot effort floated narrowly over.
56SOBIECH made space on the left and dragged the ball to BELFODIL who rasped the ball wide.
59A deadly effort from DEMBÉLÉ was stopped by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
72A great effort from OKAZAKI scraped the top of the crossbar.
75MARVEAUX rattled a simple chance past the near post.
79GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by OKAZAKI who setup KIESSLING with a simple chance. (5-0 Crewe Alexandra)
82A cross from TAYLOR left MARVEAUX in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
85KIESSLING beat MARVEAUX and drilled the ball to XHAKA who pulled his shot wide.