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Commentary
0¹STANSFIELD ran onto a wonderful ball from MEJBRI but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
2¹A cross from COLLINS left MEJBRI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
4¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
6¹ASORO was put clear by SCOTT and he beat the Newport County 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
11¹A fine ball from SCOTT on the left found MENDEZ-LAING who mishit his effort wide.
12¹MEJBRI clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Newport County 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
17¹GOAL!! A nice run by MENDEZ-LAING on the right was capped by a great cross which MEJBRI nodded in at the near post. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
32¹A poor shot from MEJBRI bounced agonisingly wide.
34¹Uncertainty in the Newport County defence enabled STANSFIELD to crack the ball inches over.
37¹A penalty box scramble resulted in DE VITA tapping a low shot over.
1²HOGAN brought the ball round SWEENEY and rattled a poor shot into the crowd.
3²GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper, DE VITA was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to BELA to flick home. (1-1)
5²GOAL!! A neat one-two left STANSFIELD clear and he made no mistake by expertly flicking the ball beyond the oncoming Newport County 'keeper. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
7²THORPE yellow cards MENDEZ-LAING for dangerous play against LEISTNER.
11²A good effort from MEJBRI scraped the upright.
20²HERNÁNDEZ's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Crewe Alexandra woodwork.
23²A free-kick from STRIEDER flew over.
31²The bemused BONHAM was all agog as a backpass from HERNÁNDEZ fell just wide.
32²DE VITA headed inches wide.
37²ASORO shot wide.
41²DE VITA beat two Crewe Alexandra players and slammed a shot just beyond the far post.
42²A strike from PRICE held little difficulty for the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
46²A twenty yard shot from STANSFIELD caused BONHAM no problem.

 
Crewe Alexandra
 
League position: 16
Home league form: WWLX
Overall league form: LLWWLLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Arthur OKONKWO6½16½Jack BONHAM
Matthew SORINOLA7 28 Josh KEY
Mickey DEMETRIOU7 37 Amari'i BELL
Archie COLLINS6½47 Rico STRIEDER
Dael FRY7½56½Cédric KIPRÉ
Pierce SWEENEY6 66 Toni LEISTNER(c)
(c)Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING6 77 Jérémie BELA
Hannibal MEJBRI8 87 Onel HERNÁNDEZ
(p)Jay STANSFIELD6 97 Raffaele DE VITA(p)
(f)James SCOTT6 106½Haris VUCKIC(f)
Joel ASORO6½116 Scott HOGAN
Manager
Shilow TRACEY  12  Junior TCHAMADEU
Dave RICHARDS  13  Vitus EICHER
Jack SPARKES  146 Jack PRICE
Rio ADEBISI  15  Kyel REID
Jack POWELL7 166 Ashley BAKER
 
Newport County
 
League position: 22
Away league form: XLLL
Overall league form: XXXLOOLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Crewe Alexandra 2 Newport County 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 9,916, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Mike Thorpe 6)

Mejbri 17¹, Stansfield 5²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bela 3²
Mendez-LaingóPowell 25²HoganóPrice 9², BellóBaker 36²
  
Mendez-Laing 7² 
35
143
20
53
95
148
31
45%55%
Man of the match: Josh Key