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1¹	Uncertainty in the Crewe Alexandra defence enabled DRMIC to crack an effort over the bar.
6¹	GOAL!! A shot from DOBRE which the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper managed to palm clear seemed to have crossed the line and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Crewe Alexandra)
7¹	A tame shot from BROJA rolled agonisingly wide.
8¹	GOAL!! A corner shot into the penalty box and GIANNOULIS fumbled the ball into his own net. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
9¹	A fine ball from DRMIC on the left bobbled toward BROJA who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.
15¹	WINTLE beat MORTON and drilled the ball to MANNING who fumbled his shot wide.
16¹	DELE-BASHIRU chipped the ball to CARTER-VICKERS who headed it inches wide.
18¹	A corner bobbled toward WINTLE who touched an effort wide.
21¹	GOAL!! The Crewe Alexandra 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from TRIANTIS and GIANNOULIS was able to poke the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)
24¹	SCAMACCA ran onto a great ball from DELE-BASHIRU but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
25¹	A penalty box scramble resulted in CARTER-VICKERS knocking the ball wide.
26¹	The stunned WALTON could only watch as a backpass from GIANNOULIS dropped just wide.
28¹	A pin-point pass was collected by DOBRE and his deadly effort went narrowly over.
30¹	GOAL!! The creative HOLTBY neatly nodded on a cross for GORDON to crack the ball in. (2-2)
32¹	A clever cross from DELE-BASHIRU was flicked goalbound by SCAMACCA only for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper to palm clear.
36¹	ALBORNO beat four Blackburn Rovers players and slammed a great chance just wide.
36¹	GOAL!! A tackle from ADARABIOYO gave Crewe Alexandra a free-kick twenty-five yards out which SCAMACCA drove past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (3-2 Crewe Alexandra)
39¹	A lovely effort from CARTER-VICKERS scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
41¹	ALBORNO was put clear by AGYEI and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
41¹	GOAL!! A long ball from TRIANTIS down the middle was collected by the lurking ALBORNO who fired a deadly shot into the top corner. (4-2 Crewe Alexandra)
13²	GOAL!! A sliced DOBRE shot fell to ALBORNO who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (5-2 Crewe Alexandra)
16²	A header from SCAMACCA was kicked off the line by VAN EWIJK.
23²	BROJA rushed an easy chance.
34²	A clumsy foul gets AGYEI a yellow card.
39²	CARTER-VICKERS waltzed round GIANNOULIS and stroked a poor shot over.
41²	A shot from GORDON held little difficulty for the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.

Crewe Alexandra

League position:

Home league form:

LLXW

Overall league form:

LLLLXXWW

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

^(c)Fraser FORSTER	6½	1	6	Christian WALTON
Andre WISDOM	6½	2	7½	Milan VAN EWIJK
Ryan MANNING	7	3	7	Dimitris GIANNOULIS
Tom DELE-BASHIRU	7½	4	7	Tyler MORTON
Cameron CARTER-VICKERS	6½	5	6½	Grant HANLEY
Nectarios TRIANTIS	6½	6	6	Tosin ADARABIOYO^(c)
Mihai-Alexandre DOBRE	7½	7	7	Lewis HOLTBY
Rodrigo ALBORNO	7	8	6	Joe ROTHWELL
^(p)Gianluca SCAMACCA	8	9	6	Armando BROJA
^(f)Ryan WINTLE	6½	10	6½	Josip DRMIC
Dan AGYEI	5½	11	7½	Anthony GORDON^(p,f)
	Manager			Luke MURRAY
Nathaniel CHALOBAH		12		Darnell FURLONG
Goran KARACIC		13		Josh KEELEY
Dilan MARKANDAY		14		Elliott BENNETT
Alassana JATTA		15		John BUCKLEY
Keenan APPIAH-FORSON		16		Nick BLACKMAN

Blackburn Rovers

League position:

Away league form:

LXLW

Overall league form:

LXWLXWXW

Formation:

4-4-2

Statistics

Crewe Alexandra 5 Blackburn Rovers 2

(Half-time: 4-2, Attendance: 9,854, Stadium: Gresty Road, Referee: Knud Fisker 7½)

Dobre 6¹, Giannoulis 8¹ (og), Scamacca 36¹, Alborno 41¹, Alborno 13²

Scorers

Substitutions

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Corners

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Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Giannoulis 21¹, Gordon 30¹

Agyei 34²

50%

¶ Man of the match: Gianluca Scamacca ¶