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Commentary
1¹McCORMACK hit a deadly shot over from twenty yards out.
2¹GOAL!! FORSYTH hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the bemused Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
3¹A pin-point pass fell to LUNT and his right foot effort went narrowly over.
7¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
9¹STERLING clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
17¹GOAL!! A delightful shot from HAMILL was palmed away by the Birmingham City 'keeper only as far as McCORMACK who knocked the ball past the stranded Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
19¹A lovely effort from COLE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
20¹A weak strike from STERLING trickled agonisingly wide.
26¹McCORMACK booked.
27¹HAMILL given a yellow card by the ref.
27¹GOAL!! VOLLAND drove a powerful shot against the crossbar with COLE knocking in the rebound. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
32¹GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to LAUTH who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily STERLING was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (2-2)
42¹Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled STERLING to thump an effort just wide.
44¹MAYNARD headed over.
45¹MOXEY beat two Crewe Alexandra players and blasted a great chance just beyond the far post.
9²MELLI booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
11²McCORMACK poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
20²LAUTH floated the ball to STERLING who forced it just wide.
22²JIMENEZ brought the ball past HOWARD and stroked a poor shot over the bar.
26²LAUTH was put clear by DOWNING and he nutmegged the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
27²A penalty box scramble resulted in WELSH driving the ball wide.
37²A fine ball from PARKER on the left was collected by WELSH who mishit his shot just wide.
43²A free-kick from McCORMACK went inches wide.

 
Crewe Alexandra
 
League position: 18
Home league form: WXXW
Overall league form: WWLXXXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Alex McCARTHY5½16½Milos VESIC
John PAINTSIL7 27½MELLI
Craig FORSYTH7½37 Dean MOXEY
Kenny LUNT6½48½Stewart DOWNING
(c)Alex BRUCE6 57½CHICO
Andrei STEPANOV6½66½Scott PARKER(c)
Carlos EDWARDS7½77 Kevin VOLLAND
Brian HOWARD6½87 Raheem STERLING
(p)Nicky MAYNARD6½97 Carlton COLE(p)
(f)Joe HAMILL5½107 Luis JIMENEZ(f)
Ross McCORMACK6 117 Benjamin LAUTH
Manager
Rowan VINE  12  Luke MURPHY
Ali AL-HABSI  13  Michael TONGE
Jamie SLABBER6½14  Goran LOVRÉ
Leon CORT6 15  Patrick BAMFORD
Steve FOSTER  167 Andy WELSH
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 3
Away league form: LWWW
Overall league form: WLWWWWWO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Crewe Alexandra 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 10,024, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Nigel Miller 6)

Forsyth 2¹, McCormack 17¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Cole 27¹, Sterling 32¹
BruceóSlabber 24², PaintsilóCort 30²ColeóWelsh 8²
  
McCormack 26¹, Hamill 27¹ 
27
91
43
24
510
714
02
40%60%
Man of the match: Stewart Downing