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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 1 (setup 1, season 27)
Oxford United
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Raphael SCHÄFER17René ADLER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Julien FAUBERT2Medhi BENATIA
Carlos Amoldo SALCIDO Flores73Stefan DE VRIJ
Keith ANDREWS4Radja NAINGGOLAN
Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA5Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena
Kyrylo PETROV66Mickaël CIANI
Facundo AFFRANCHINO776Shinji OKAZAKI
Sebastián Eduardo LETO68Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
AMAURI Carvalho de Oliveira97Stefan KIESSLING
Jay SIMPSON610ARDA Turan
Martin PATERSON11Andrea POLI
ManagerBeck Nigel
Curtis THOMPSON12André-Pierre GIGNAC
Alexandros TZORVAS13Erwin MULDER
Jamie GRIMES14Sven BENDER
Daniel Giménez Hernández, DANI GIMÉNEZ15Zakaria LABYAD
Yohan MOLLO16Ola JOHN

Oxford United 0 Crewe Alexandra 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 25,385, Stadium: Kassam Stadium, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 6)
Scorers63 Kiessling
Substitutions
Sendings off
5 PetrovBookings
5Corners7
5Fouls3
2Offsides5
1Shots on6
8Shots off9
9Total shots15
1Shots saved5
35%Possession65%
Man of the match: Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena
1A tame shot from LETO trickled agonisingly wide.
3LETO kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
4A free-kick from PATERSON raced over.
5A clinical tackle gets PETROV a yellow card.
7A useful ball from CIANI on the left fell to OKAZAKI who mishit his shot just wide.
8N'KOULOU ran onto a delightful ball from VIDAL but fired his shot wide.
9The bemused SCHÄFER stared in disbelief as a backpass from AFFRANCHINO dropped just over.
19The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
21KIESSLING chipped the ball to OKAZAKI who headed it just wide.
24A header by KIESSLING at the far post was comfortably collected by SCHÄFER.
34Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled KIESSLING to hit an effort wide.
41NAINGGOLAN's shot beat SCHÄFER but rebounded off the Oxford United woodwork.
42A accurate pass fell to SALCIDO and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
 
51A great shot from BENATIA was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
54KIESSLING stroked an easy chance past the far post.
58LETO fired a looping shot inches over from twenty yards out.
61AFFRANCHINO headed over the bar.
63GOAL!! A shot from KIESSLING which the Oxford United 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line by the linesman and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
69A penalty box meleé resulted in KIESSLING cracking the ball wide.
78AFFRANCHINO waltzed past NAINGGOLAN and poked a tame shot well wide.
81A lovely effort from KIESSLING scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
82VIDAL was put clear by N'KOULOU and he raced past SCHÄFER but rammed his shot inches wide.
90A shot from LETO seemed a certain goal but the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
90+2A strike from NAINGGOLAN held no problem for the 'keeper.
90+4A cross from AFFRANCHINO left LETO in lots of space but he rushed his shot.