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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 27 (setup 1, season 26)
Tranmere Rovers
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mihai GHERASIM416René ADLER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI728Medhi BENATIA
Yuri ZHIRKOV3Nicolas Alexis Julio N'KOULOU Ndoubena
RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol848Andrea POLI
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo57Stefan DE VRIJ
Marek SUCHÝ76Sven BENDER
Niko KRANJCAR677Shinji OKAZAKI
Andrei ARSHAVIN78Granit XHAKA
Tomás NECID797Stefan KIESSLING
Dmitri SYCHEV10ARDA Turan
EDUARDO Alves da Silva116Zakaria LABYAD
ManagerBeck Nigel
Nathan STANTON12André-Pierre GIGNAC
Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE13Erwin MULDER
Conor McALENY14Adrián 'Ezequiel' CIRIGLIANO
Rob HALL15Darko LAZOVIC
Mladen PETRIC616Ola JOHN

Tranmere Rovers 0 Crewe Alexandra 5
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 23,949, Stadium: Prenton Park, Referee: Pavel NOVOTNÝ 7½)
Scorers22 Arda, 38 Xhaka, 59 Okazaki, 74 Kiessling, 79 Okazaki
57 Ignjovski <=> PetricSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
9Corners4
8Fouls7
4Offsides7
7Shots on5
9Shots off4
16Total shots9
6Shots saved0
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Medhi BENATIA
3A shot from NECID seemed a certain goal but the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to parry the ball away.
12A perfect shot from ARSHAVIN was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
14XHAKA nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
22GOAL!! Some fine work by N'KOULOU on the left, left ARDA yards clear, and he stepped inside the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
30EDUARDO beat BENATIA and drove the ball to ARSHAVIN who dragged his effort wide.
35A mix up in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled FELIPE to hammer an effort just beyond the far post.
36A shot from ARSHAVIN held no problem for the 'keeper.
38GOAL!! A patient Crewe Alexandra side were rewarded with an accurate strike from XHAKA. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
41ARSHAVIN ran onto a great ball from KRANJCAR but hit his shot wide.
45+1ARSHAVIN brought the ball past DE VRIJ and flicked a poor shot over.
 
47EDUARDO made space on the left and dragged the ball to ARSHAVIN who clipped the ball over.
50The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Tranmere Rovers's IGNJOVSKI.
51OKAZAKI whacked a looping shot inches over from twenty yards out.
59GOAL!! On the right wing LABYAD collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for OKAZAKI to slide it home. (3-0 Crewe Alexandra)
60A fine ball from PETRIC on the left was collected by NECID who sliced his shot wide.
61The stunned Crewe Alexandra 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from XHAKA dropped just wide.
63OKAZAKI floated the ball to DE VRIJ who touched it over.
64SYCHEV rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
74GOAL!! A tackle from SYCHEV gave Crewe Alexandra a free-kick thirty yards out which KIESSLING fired past the 'keeper. (4-0 Crewe Alexandra)
76SYCHEV stepped inside POLI but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
78A delightful save prevented NECID from scoring a great goal.
79GOAL!! A shot from OKAZAKI bobbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted 'keeper. (5-0 Crewe Alexandra)
80SUCHÝ beat four Crewe Alexandra players and blasted a shot inches over.
85A cross from LABYAD left N'KOULOU in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
87ARSHAVIN headed inches over.