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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 3 (setup 4, season 27)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mamadou SAMASSA71Alex McCARTHY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Nicolas MARIN27Adam SMITH
Patrick VAN AANHOLT73Craig FORSYTH
Vegard FORREN48Lewis COOK
Joost VAN AKEN5Harlee DEAN
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA76Enda STEVENS
Felipe TEIXEIRA77Kenny LUNT
Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez786Rolando AARONS
Sjoerd ARS796Jarrod BOWEN
Rhys WILLIAMS6106LUIS Fernández Teijeiro
Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona6117Ross McCORMACK
Manager
Danny GRAHAM12Owen DALE
David RAYA Martin13Ali AL-HABSI
Stefan MOORE14Kortney HAUSE
Peter WHITTINGHAM15Rowan VINE
MIKEL ALONSO Olano616Conor GRANT

Blackburn Rovers 2 Crewe Alexandra 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 12,622, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6½)
14 Oviedo, 21p ArsScorers62 Bowen
68 Williams <=> Moore, 77 Teixeira <=> Mikel AlonsoSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings8 Lunt, 33 McCormack
3Corners3
3Fouls21
5Offsides4
6Shots on6
9Shots off5
15Total shots11
3Shots saved5
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Lewis COOK
8LUNT given a yellow card by the referee.
14GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to OVIEDO who placed the ball into the top corner. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
18A good ball from WILLIAMS on the left bobbled toward VAN AANHOLT who mishit his effort just beyond the near post.
21GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Blackburn Rovers, after FORSYTH had fouled WILLIAMS, which ARS comfortably converted.
30ARS rushed through the Crewe Alexandra defence but shot straight at the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
33MCCORMACK booked by the ref for a bad tackle.
35BOWEN beat FORREN and fired the ball to SMITH who blasted his shot wide.
40AARONS ran onto a great ball from COOK but blasted his effort wide of the lefthand post.
45AARONS dribbled round MARIN and flicked a tame shot well wide.
45+3A poor shot from LUIS rolled agonisingly wide.
 
49A clever cross from BOWEN, was fired goalbound by MCCORMACK only for the 'keeper to block.
52ARS nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
55OVIEDO made space on the right and knocked the ball to ARS who touched the ball over.
61FORSYTH headed just beyond the near post.
62GOAL!! A strike from BOWEN which SAMASSA managed to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and the ref awarded the goal. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
63SAIZAR played the ball to ARS who turned it wide.
64Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled WILLIAMS to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
66The Crewe Alexandra 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from OVIEDO.
73COOK's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
80A penalty box meleé resulted in ARS driving the ball over.
83A corner found ARS who touched the ball over the bar.
90+1A shot from MCCORMACK was smothered by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.