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Commentary

2¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Bradford City 'keeper beat the Crewe Alexandra defence and WIJNALDUM fired the ball beyond the oncoming PATTERSON. (1-0 Bradford City) 3¹ A weak strike from BROWN trickled agonisingly wide. 5¹ SALVESEN ran onto a delightful ball from LOKILO but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post. 7¹ GOAL!! After a useful build-up LUIS drove a low shot past TROTT. (1-1) 17¹ A cross from WOODBURN left LUIS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 19¹ Uncertainty in the Bradford City defence enabled HEISE to fire the ball just beyond the far post. 28¹ GOAL!! An exceptional ball from LOWERY left BROWN in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to BOWEN to score. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra) 38¹ The motionless Bradford City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WIJNALDUM dropped just over. 41¹ GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Bradford City 'keeper enabled HEISE to force the ball into the empty net. (3-1 Crewe Alexandra) 43¹ WOODBURN drilled a right foot shot inches over from close range. 44¹ HEISE stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post. 5² HEISE rushed a simple chance. 9² GOAL!! A neat one-two left DJURICIC clear and he made no mistake by instinctively chipping the ball beyond the oncoming Crewe Alexandra 'keeper. (3-2 Crewe Alexandra) 9² BROWN was put clear by WOODBURN and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post. 13² DJURICIC chipped the ball to WIJNALDUM who forced it inches wide. 21² BOWEN hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area. 25² LUIS headed inches over. 26² HEISE given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle. 26² A corner bobbled toward GREENWOOD who forced the ball wide. 32² HEISE shot over. 38² A poor foul on LOKILO by LUIS results in a booking. 40² A penalty box scramble resulted in VALERY tapping a low shot wide.

Crewe Alexandra   League position: 7 Home league form: WWWX Overall league form: XWWWLLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony PATTERSON 5½ 1 6  Nathan TROTT Yan VALERY 7½ 2 7  Brad HALLIDAY Dimitris GIANNOULIS 7½ 3 6½ Romoney CRICHLOW Tom LOWERY 7  4 6½ Georginio WIJNALDUM(c) Perry NG 7  5 6½ Joe WORRALL Harlee DEAN 6  6 6  Paudie O'CONNOR (c)Jarrod BOWEN 6½ 7 6½ Jason LOKILO Philip HEISE 7  8 6½ Filip DJURICIC (p)Jacob BROWN 6  9 7  Sam GREENWOOD(p) (f)Ben WOODBURN 5  10 5½ Elliot WATT(f) LUIS Fernández 6½ 11 6  Lars-Jørgen SALVESEN Manager Anthony KNOCKAERT    12    Alex GILLIEAD Bailey PEACOCK-FARRELL    13    Antonis STERGIAKIS Josh MAGENNIS    14    Sam STUBBS Reggie CANNON    15    Richard SMALLWOOD Callum AINLEY    16 8  Emmanuel OSADEBE

Bradford City   League position: 19 Away league form: XLXL Overall league form: LXLOWXLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Crewe Alexandra 3 Bradford City 2 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 9,916, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Neil Swarbrick 7½) Luis 7¹, Bowen 28¹, Heise 41¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Wijnaldum 2¹, Djuricic 9²   WijnaldumóOsadebe 15²     Heise 26², Luis 38²   1 4 14 12 1 2 3 2 15 5 18 7 0 0 50% 50% ¶ Man of the match: Yan Valery ¶