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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 27)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Brighton & HA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY71Keiren WESTWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam SMITH72Marco MOTTA
Craig FORSYTH73Tommy SPURR
Lewis COOK47Anthony KNOCKAERT
Perry NG5Marcos PAINTER
Cole SKUSE66Wes HOOLAHAN
Kenny LUNT677KIM Do-heon
Modou BARROW87Ryan FRASER
Rowan VINE97Lee MILLER
LUIS Fernández Teijeiro106Jamie MURPHY
Ross McCORMACK711Sebastián Eduardo LETO
Manager
Jamie SLABBER12Liam ROSENIOR
Ali AL-HABSI13Andy LONERGAN
Conor GRANT14Gabriel OBERTAN
Billy SASS-DAVIES615Calvin ZOLA
Charlie KIRK166Kazenga LUA-LUA

Crewe Alexandra 1 Brighton & HA 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 9,960, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 7½)
57 McCormackScorers8 Fraser, 17 Fraser
79 Barrow <=> Sass-DaviesSubstitutions49 Hoolahan <=> Lua-Lua
Sendings off
86 SmithBookings
3Corners3
6Fouls13
6Offsides5
7Shots on4
6Shots off8
13Total shots12
6Shots saved2
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Lewis COOK
2A penalty box meleé resulted in KIM knocking the ball wide.
6A shot from SPURR seemed a certain goal but MCCARTHY managed to palm the ball away.
7A fine ball from LUNT on the right found BARROW who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
8The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from SMITH.
8GOAL!! Brighton & HA's FRASER beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
14The 'keeper saved a refined strike from BARROW.
17GOAL!! HOOLAHAN made space for FRASER who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, drilled the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Brighton & HA)
19A free-kick from KNOCKAERT floated inches over.
21A wonderful save prevented LUNT from scoring a good goal.
23VINE rushed a simple chance.
29A left foot shot from BARROW was forced wide by the 'keeper.
33A tame strike from FRASER rolled agonisingly wide.
34FRASER beat three Crewe Alexandra players and blasted an effort just wide.
39SMITH rattled an easy chance past the near post.
42MILLER rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
 
47FRASER waltzed away from FORSYTH and flicked a poor shot well wide.
52A accurate pass was collected by LUA-LUA and his deadly effort went narrowly wide.
57GOAL!! A swerving outswinging corner was forced in at the near post by MCCORMACK. (2-1 Brighton & HA)
59A clever pass from VINE, was knocked goalbound by BARROW only for the Brighton & HA 'keeper to block.
63A mix up in the Brighton & HA defence enabled BARROW to volley an effort just beyond the far post.
66BARROW kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
74LETO chipped the ball to FRASER who touched it over.
79FRASER fired a right foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
85LUNT beat MURPHY and drilled the ball to SASS-DAVIES who fumbled his shot wide.
86SMITH receives a yellow card for a poor foul.
89A brilliant strike from SASS-DAVIES was dealt with by a good parry from the Brighton & HA 'keeper.