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Commentary

1¹ LENO was able to claw away a tame header from DAVIS. 2¹ GOAL!! A shot from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC was booted off the line only for RICHARLISON to fire the ball in. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra) 6¹ CARRASCO booked for arguing with the referee. 8¹ GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from ALCARAZ hit the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was hoofed into the net by DAVIS. (1-1) 11¹ RICHARLISON galloped through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at CHEVALIER. 22¹ RAFA shot over. 23¹ PEDRO NETO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 27¹ The Crewe Alexandra 'keeper saved a refined shot from DAVIS. 29¹ GOAL!! A long ball from XHAKA down the middle was collected by the lurking RICHARLISON who drove a right foot shot into the roof of the net. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra) 32¹ RICHARLISON ran onto a great ball from WILLIAM CARVALHO but pulled his effort wide of the goal. 35¹ DAVIS worked the ball to ALCARAZ, PEDRO NETO latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of LENO. 39¹ Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled RICHARLISON to crack the ball over. 42¹ RICHARLISON was put clear by GUERREIRO and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide. 44¹ MORATA poked an easy chance past the lefthand post. 1² A cross from XHAKA left MORATA in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 2² GOAL!! A Aston Villa counter-attack allowed PEDRO NETO to setup MATONDO with a simple goal. (2-2) 8² DIALLO beat three Aston Villa players and thundered a golden opportunity over. 16² GOAL!! A strike from XHAKA which the 'keeper managed to palm clear was deemed over the line by the linesman and the referee gave the goal. (3-2 Crewe Alexandra) 28² PEDRO NETO headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area. 34² COLWILL floated the ball to DAVIS who headed it over the bar. 37² A shot from KESLER-HAYDEN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear. 44² RICHARLISON fired a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.

Aston Villa   League position: 18 Home league form: XWLW Overall league form: XXLWLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Lucas CHEVALIER 6  1 6  Bernd LENO Taylor GARDNER-HICKMAN 6  2 6½ Stefan DE VRIJ (c)Calvin BASSEY 7  3 6½ Granit XHAKA Nicolò FAGIOLI 6½ 4 8  RICHARLISON de Andrade(c) Nathaniel PHILLIPS 6½ 5 7½ Abdou DIALLO Chris RICHARDS 6  6 7  Raphaël GUERREIRO Rubin COLWILL 6½ 7 8  Álvaro MORATA PEDRO Lomba NETO 7  8 7½ WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO (p)Keinan DAVIS 7  9 7½ Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC(p) (f)Carlos ALCARAZ 6  10 7  RAFA(f) Rabbi MATONDO 6  11 7½ Yannick CARRASCO Manager Beck Nigel Jack CLARKE    12    DANI OLMO Caoimhin KELLEHER    13    Timo HORN Kaine KESLER-HAYDEN 6  14    CARLOS SOLER Barragán Allan CAMPBELL    15    CAIO Henrique Tim IROEGBUNAM    16    Arkadiusz MILIK

Crewe Alexandra   League position: 6 Away league form: WWXX Overall league form: LWXWWXWX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Aston Villa 2 Crewe Alexandra 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 40,767, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Graham Scott 8) Davis 8¹, Matondo 2² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Richarlison 2¹, Richarlison 29¹, Xhaka 16² MatondoóKesler-Hayden 16²         Carrasco 6¹ 2 3 16 11 0 8 9 5 6 10 15 15 7 2 46% 54% ¶ Man of the match: Álvaro Morata ¶