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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 4 (setup 1, season 26)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
René ADLER1Mihai GHERASIM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Stefan DE VRIJ82FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena737Yuri ZHIRKOV
Andrea POLI47RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
Medhi BENATIA56Marek SUCHÝ
Sven BENDER67Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI
Shinji OKAZAKI7Niko KRANJCAR
Granit XHAKA8Andrei ARSHAVIN
Stefan KIESSLING79Tomás NECID
ARDA Turan7106Dmitri SYCHEV
Darko LAZOVIC6116EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Beck NigelManager
André-Pierre GIGNAC12Mladen PETRIC
Erwin MULDER13Nathan STANTON
Mickaël CIANI146Conor McALENY
FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes156Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE
Anthony LIMBOMBE16Rob HALL

Crewe Alexandra 5 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 45,248, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Thomas TROUPKOS 6½)
3 Okazaki, 14 Kiessling, 27 Arda, 55 Okazaki, 89 LazovicScorers75 Necid
Substitutions69 Zhirkov <=> McAleny, 85 Ignjovski <=> Vágner Love
Sendings off
6 LazovicBookings
8Corners4
5Fouls11
7Offsides3
5Shots on3
14Shots off4
19Total shots7
0Shots saved2
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Medhi BENATIA
1XHAKA made space on the right and touched the ball to KIESSLING who clipped the ball over.
3GOAL!! A deep cross from N'KOULOU on the left was nodded home by OKAZAKI after a great leap. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
6TROUPKOS cautions LAZOVIC.
9OKAZAKI waltzed round KRANJCAR and poked a poor shot over the bar.
14GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and KIESSLING side-footed the ball over the line. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
16ZHIRKOV beat three Crewe Alexandra players and stroked a great chance over.
20OKAZAKI shot wide.
26LAZOVIC beat KRANJCAR and blasted the ball to ARDA who blasted his shot wide.
27GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with ARDA blasting the ball into the net. (3-0 Crewe Alexandra)
31A tame shot from KIESSLING trickled agonisingly wide.
37The 'keeper was able to block a wicked effort.
 
47KRANJCAR was put clear by ARSHAVIN and he stepped inside the 'keeper but rammed his shot over.
51A free-kick from OKAZAKI floated over the bar.
55GOAL!! A neat one-two left OKAZAKI clear and he made no mistake by chipping the ball past the oncoming GHERASIM. (4-0 Crewe Alexandra)
60A cross from POLI left ARDA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
63OKAZAKI nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
68An exceptional effort from NECID scraped the outside of the post.
71A header by KRANJCAR at the far post was comfortably collected by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
75GOAL!! A shot from NECID which the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to palm clear seemed to have crossed the line and the ref awarded the goal. (4-1 Crewe Alexandra)
76KIESSLING placed a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out.
77DE VRIJ headed over.
89GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed BENDER to touch the ball to LAZOVIC who flicked a looping shot home. (5-1 Crewe Alexandra)