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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 2 (setup 5, season 18)
Crewe Alexandra
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Steeve ELANA71Simon EASTWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianni ZUIVERLOON826Greg HALFORD
Jesper JUELSGÅRD Kristensen73Scott GOLBOURNE
Kevin PEZZONI4Jack PAYNE
BRENO Vinicius Borges56John MOUSINHO
Chris HERD66Aaron MARTIN
DOUGLAS Pereira dos Santos67James HENRY
Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING8Alex MOWATT
Shaun HARRAD97Ashley FLETCHER
Anthony PILKINGTON6106Wes THOMAS
NILMAR Honorato da Silva6116Gino VAN KESSEL
Manager
George RAY12Olamide SHODIPO
Declan RUDD13Joe DAY
Conor GRANT14Canice CARROLL
Billy SASS-DAVIES15Ricardo Ferreira da Silva, RICARDINHO
Andrea MAZZARANI16Sam LONG

Crewe Alexandra 2 Oxford United 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 16,905, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Lee MASON 7)
7 Mendez-Laing, 12 Mendez-LaingScorers69 Halford
69 Douglas <=> MazzaraniSubstitutions
Sendings off
51 PilkingtonBookings
1Corners5
1Fouls6
12Offsides10
3Shots on3
7Shots off6
10Total shots9
1Shots saved2
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Kevin PEZZONI
3MENDEZ-LAING scuffed an easy chance.
4A cross from PAYNE left FLETCHER in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
7GOAL!! A ZUIVERLOON run down the right resulted in a low cross for MENDEZ-LAING to volley in. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
12GOAL!! Crewe Alexandra's MENDEZ-LAING beat a number of defenders before firing just inside EASTWOOD's righthand post. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
13NILMAR headed wide.
17PAYNE made space on the left and touched the ball to FLETCHER who fired the ball wide.
20The motionless Crewe Alexandra 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from HERD fell just wide.
28MOWATT worked the ball to PAYNE, VAN KESSEL gathered his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of ELANA.
31MOWATT stroked an easy chance past the near post.
37A header by MENDEZ-LAING at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
37A pin-point pass fell to MENDEZ-LAING and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
 
51PILKINGTON beat GOLBOURNE and fired the ball to MENDEZ-LAING who blasted his shot wide.
51A late tackle gets PILKINGTON a yellow card.
56A free-kick from VAN KESSEL floated inches wide.
58A fine ball from JUELSGÅRD on the right was collected by HARRAD who mishit his shot over the bar.
61A great effort from MENDEZ-LAING scraped the top of the crossbar.
66PAYNE chipped the ball to MOWATT who headed it just beyond the far post.
69GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to FLETCHER who mishit a shot goalward, luckily HALFORD was on hand to hit the ball into the net. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
77The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from VAN KESSEL.
79MENDEZ-LAING flicked a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.