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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 11 (setup 4, season 27)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY1Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam SMITH827Tendayi DARIKWA
Craig FORSYTH837Armand TRAORÉ
Lewis COOK48Ben OSBORN
Harlee DEAN75Joe WORRALL
Kortney HAUSE66Jack HOBBS
Kenny LUNT7Liam BRIDCUTT
Modou BARROW78Barrie McKAY
Rowan VINE96Daryl MURPHY
Cole SKUSE6106Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Ross McCORMACK611Jamie WARD
Manager
Alex BRUCE12Chris COHEN
Ali AL-HABSI13Dimitar EVTIMOV
Rolando AARONS146Kieran DOWELL
Conor GRANT15Apostolos VELLIOS
LUIS Fernández Teijeiro16Andreas BOUCHALAKIS

Crewe Alexandra 1 Nottingham Forest 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 9,871, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 6½)
76 BarrowScorers58 Osborn, 62 McKay
Substitutions83 McKay <=> Dowell
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners5
4Fouls7
10Offsides14
6Shots on5
4Shots off6
10Total shots11
4Shots saved3
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Craig FORSYTH
6The 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted strike from BARROW.
20Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled BRIDCUTT to hit an effort over the bar.
22MURPHY poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
31MCKAY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Crewe Alexandra woodwork.
32LUNT rushed through the Nottingham Forest defence but shot straight at SMITH.
35MCKAY hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
40SKUSE dummied BRIDCUTT but nudged the ball into the arms of the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
41MCCORMACK made space on the right and knocked the ball to SKUSE who fired the ball wide.
 
46An exceptional effort from MURPHY scraped the woodwork.
50TRAORÉ fired the ball through a ruck of players but MCCARTHY was a match for it as he dived to his left.
56FORSYTH snapped at an easy chance.
58GOAL!! After some steady play on the left OSBORN came inside and whacked the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
61A strike from VINE held little difficulty for the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
62GOAL!! A great solo effort from MCKAY who beat three defenders before rocketing the ball into the net. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
65A header by MCCORMACK at the far post was comfortably collected by SMITH.
74A penalty box scramble resulted in HAUSE tapping a low shot over.
76GOAL!! On the right wing COOK collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for BARROW to hammer it into the back of the net. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
78A tame strike from MURPHY trickled agonisingly wide.
79MURPHY brought the ball past FORSYTH and rifled a tame shot into the crowd.
83A accurate pass found MCCORMACK and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
89A brilliant shot from OSBORN was dealt with by a useful block from the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.