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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 8 (setup 1, season 31)
WBA
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Alphonse ARÉOLA1ALISSON Ramses Becker
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Gino PERUZZI Lucchetti728Medhi BENATIA
Jonas OLSSON3Radja NAINGGOLAN
Mario PASALIC4Gabriel Fernández Arenas, GABI
Jan-Arie VAN DER HEIJDEN58Stefan DE VRIJ
Leonardo Pereira, LÉO PEREIRA6Kamil GLIK
Eduardo Antonio SALVIO67FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes
Julian BRANDT78WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Filip DJORDJEVIC9Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
James McCLEAN6107Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO
Leonardo Carrilho Baptistão, LÉO BAPTISTÃO11Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
ManagerBeck Nigel
Michele SOMMA12Morgan SANSON
Rémy RIOU13Erwin MULDER
Ángelo José HENRÍQUEZ Iturra14Ömer TOPRAK
Adama TRAORÉ Diarra15Granit XHAKA
Bryan CRISTANTE616André-Pierre GIGNAC

WBA 1 Crewe Alexandra 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 38,777, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 7)
24 DjordjevicScorers19 Morata, 41 Felipe Anderson
85 Olsson <=> CristanteSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners3
25Fouls10
2Offsides8
3Shots on9
8Shots off10
11Total shots19
2Shots saved7
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Medhi BENATIA
2The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from BRANDT.
9GABI worked the ball to WILLIAM CARVALHO, FELIPE ANDERSON controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the WBA 'keeper.
12A cross from SALVIO left LÉO BAPTISTÃO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
14The WBA 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from VIDAL.
17FELIPE ANDERSON raced past BRANDT but flicked the ball into the arms of ARÉOLA.
18OLSSON headed wide.
19GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by OLSSON was nudged home by MORATA. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
21A header from FELIPE ANDERSON was booted off the line by VAN DER HEIJDEN.
24GOAL!! A long ball from SALVIO down the middle found the lurking DJORDJEVIC who blasted a deadly shot into the net. (1-1)
28NAINGGOLAN shot over.
34A corner bobbled toward BRANDT who nodded the ball over the bar.
37CARRASCO beat two WBA players and thundered an effort inches wide.
41GOAL!! With his back to goal FELIPE ANDERSON wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past ARÉOLA. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
 
46FELIPE ANDERSON waltzed away from PERUZZI and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
47FELIPE ANDERSON drove a deadly shot wide from twenty yards out.
52A penalty box scramble resulted in FELIPE ANDERSON knocking the ball over.
54VAN DER HEIJDEN stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
54A free-kick from NAINGGOLAN flew over.
63An exceptional effort from DJORDJEVIC scraped the upright.
68MCCLEAN chipped the ball to PASALIC who turned it over.
75A header by FELIPE ANDERSON at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
79Uncertainty in the WBA defence enabled MORATA to hit the ball over the bar.