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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 13 (setup 4, season 27)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Colchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY616Freddie WOODMAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam SMITH27Cuco MARTINA
Craig FORSYTH38Ben MEE
Lewis COOK748Florin GARDOS
Enda STEVENS5Gareth McAULEY
Kortney HAUSE76Marco 'Davide' FARAONI
Kenny LUNT7Steve SCHUMACHER
Modou BARROW8Kris COMMONS
Jarrod BOWEN79Jay BOTHROYD
LUIS Fernández Teijeiro106Igor VETOKELE
Ross McCORMACK11Joshua KING
Manager
Alex BRUCE12Joe MASON
Ali AL-HABSI13Jason STEELE
Rolando AARONS14Theo ROBINSON
Perry NG15Pat BALDWIN
Billy SASS-DAVIES16Moses ASHIKODI

Crewe Alexandra 0 Colchester United 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 9,850, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Thomas DRAGE 5½)
Scorers32 King, 54 King
Substitutions
Sendings off
45+2 HauseBookings15 Gardos, 44 King
4Corners3
20Fouls18
7Offsides4
10Shots on5
7Shots off6
17Total shots11
7Shots saved3
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Ben MEE
1The stunned Colchester United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from FARAONI fell just wide.
6KING fired the ball through a ruck of players but MCCARTHY was a match for it as he dived to his left.
6SMITH ran onto a wonderful ball from COOK but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
13MCCORMACK beat MARTINA and fired the ball to BARROW who blasted his effort wide.
15GARDOS booked.
19A weak strike from COMMONS trickled agonisingly wide.
20HAUSE pulled away from MARTINA but blasted the ball into the arms of the Colchester United 'keeper.
27A penalty box scramble resulted in VETOKELE knocking the ball wide.
32GOAL!! An imaginative COMMONS played a delightful ball down the right to KING who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Colchester United)
37MCCORMACK shot wide.
44KING given a yellow card for a clinical foul.
45+2HAUSE booked for a clinical tackle on COMMONS.
 
49HAUSE beat three Colchester United players and blasted an effort over the bar.
53HAUSE's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
54GOAL!! Unlucky SCHUMACHER hit the woodwork before KING poked the ball into the back of the net as FORSYTH failed to clear. (2-0 Colchester United)
55A brilliant shot from BOWEN was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper.
63A header by MCCORMACK at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
65A shot from MCCORMACK seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
67A mix up in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled MCAULEY to thump an effort inches over.
71BARROW's shot beat the Colchester United 'keeper but rebounded off the Colchester United crossbar.
79A corner fell to COMMONS who turned the ball wide.
81MCCORMACK headed inches over.