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2¹ BACUNA was put clear by GORDON and he pulled away from the 'keeper but rammed his shot over. 4¹ A clumsy challenge on BOWEN by GORDON results in a booking. 9¹ BROWN beat SUNJIC and flicked the ball to LUIS who hit his effort wide. 11¹ CHONG booked by STYLES for a high challenge. 19¹ GOAL!! On the left wing KNOCKAERT collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for BOWEN to slide it home. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra) 20¹ GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from HOGAN rebounded off the the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by ESTUPIÑÁN. (1-1) 26¹ SUNJIC cautioned for a poor foul on DEAN. 30¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward BACUNA and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide. 32¹ A corner fell to KNOCKAERT who flicked the ball inches wide. 0² A poor challenge gets LUIS a yellow card. 1² SUNJIC whacked a looping shot inches wide from thirty yards out. 2² ESTUPIÑÁN ran onto a great ball from CHONG but dragged his effort wide. 5² GOAL!! A great solo effort from LUIS who beat three defenders before striking the ball into the net. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra) 7² A penalty box meleé resulted in LOWERY driving a low shot over. 9² ESTUPIÑÁN stabbed an easy chance past the far post. 10² HEISE headed inches over. 11² A cross from BELLINGHAM left ESTUPIÑÁN in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 18² KNOCKAERT made space on the right and dragged the ball to HEISE who rasped the ball wide. 29² HEISE waltzed away from OAKLEY and rattled a tame shot over the bar. 35² HEISE fluffed a simple chance. 44² A useful ball from LOWERY on the right found BOWEN who mishit his shot just beyond the near post. 45² HOGAN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.

Crewe Alexandra   League position: 11 Home league form: XWXW Overall league form: LOXWLLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony PATTERSON 7  1 6½ Zach JEACOCK Yan VALERY 7  2 7½ Marcel OAKLEY Philip HEISE 8  3 7  George FRIEND Tom LOWERY 7  4 7  Jobe BELLINGHAM Ryan NYAMBE 6  5 7  Nathaniel PHILLIPS(c) Harlee DEAN 6½ 6 6  Nico GORDON (c)Jarrod BOWEN 8  7 7  Juninho BACUNA Ben WOODBURN 7  8 6½ Tahith CHONG (p)Jacob BROWN 7  9 6½ Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN(p) (f)Anthony KNOCKAERT 6  10 5½ Ivan SUNJIC(f) LUIS Fernández 7  11 6  Scott HOGAN Manager Cheick KEITA    12    Jordan GRAHAM Bailey PEACOCK-FARRELL    13    Marc ROBERTS Reggie CANNON    14    Josh WILLIAMS Pape SOUARÉ    15    Jordan JAMES Billy SASS-DAVIES 7  16    Lukas JUTKIEWICZ

Birmingham City   League position: 14 Away league form: LLXL Overall league form: XWLLXLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Crewe Alexandra 2 Birmingham City 1 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 9,965, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Rob Styles 6) Bowen 19¹, Luis 5² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Estupiñán 20¹ NyambeóSass-Davies 26²       Luis 0² Gordon 4¹, Chong 11¹, Sunjic 26¹ 2 1 7 17 0 3 5 3 11 8 16 11 3 1 58% 42% ¶ Man of the match: Philip Heise ¶