Match Report
| Aston Villa | Aston Villa |  |  | Crewe Alexandra | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||||||||||||
| Elliot Manford | Elliot Manford | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricardo Villa | R. Villa |  | 75 | G |  | 1 | | G | 76 |  | David Oehrli | D. Oehrli | |||||||||
| Kubilay Özalan | K. Özalan |  | 72 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 76 |  | Dani‘l Laudrup | D. Laudrup | |||||||||
| Neil Cope | N. Cope |  | 81 | D | | 3 | | D | 74 |  | Pius Mbamba | P. Mbamba | |||||||||
| Dambou Moreira | D. Moreira |  | 74 | D | | 4 | | D | 75 | | Kenneth Perez | K. Perez | |||||||||
| Yurtcan Sükür | Y. Sükür | | 77 | D | | 5 | | M | 76 |  | Gary Hansen | G. Hansen | |||||||||
| Angelo Bucci | A. Bucci |  | 78 | M | | 6 | | M | 69 | | Scott Mcgovern | S. Mcgovern | |||||||||
| Juan Manuel Caniggia | J. Caniggia |  | 72 | M | | 7 | | M | 59 | | Kieron Perry | K. Perry | |||||||||
| Karim Foulon | K. Foulon | | 71 | M | | 8 | | A | 74 | | Alexander Murphy | A. Murphy | |||||||||
| Raul Alston | R. Alston |  | 79 | A | | 9 | | A | 80 | | James Shearer | J. Shearer | |||||||||
| Walter Rourke | W. Rourke |  | 74 | A | | 10 | | A | 77 | | Luke Burbage | L. Burbage | |||||||||
| Mike Stamp | M. Stamp | | 77 | A | | 11 | | D | 19 | | Terry Britton | T. Britton | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Villa Park where Aston Villa play host to Crewe Alexandra. A crowd of 18,686 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Aston Villa are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Crewe Alexandra appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Aston Villa are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Crewe Alexandra appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0Crewe Alexandra kick off and get the match underway!
2.45
0-0Kieron Perry barges into Juan Manuel Caniggia. Kieron Perry is warned by the referee! Juan Manuel Caniggia hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
9.15
0-0Dani‘l Laudrup hits it upfield. Terry Britton sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
10.18
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
21.24
0-0Kenneth Perez sees space and advances. Kenneth Perez sees a break and surges forward. Kenneth Perez knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
27.53
0-0Raul Alston comes in with a late challenge on Kenneth Perez. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Kenneth Perez runs off the knock.
32.59
Kieron Perry catches Juan Manuel Caniggia on the ankles. Kieron Perry is warned by the referee again! Juan Manuel Caniggia hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
33.30
0-0Mike Stamp barges into Kenneth Perez. Mike Stamp is warned by the referee! Kenneth Perez gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
34.22
Pius Mbamba kicks a strong pass forward to Scott Mcgovern. Scott Mcgovern passes the ball forward to James Shearer. James Shearer knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Neil Cope.
39.17
Crewe Alexandra are easily keeping Aston Villa at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
45.00
Crewe Alexandra are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Aston Villa's defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Aston Villa kick off!
48.34
1-0Angelo Bucci passes the ball forward to Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke goes all the way! Walter Rourke takes a shot at goal. David Oehrli is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
51.50
Juan Manuel Caniggia kicks a strong pass forward to Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
53.52
Scott Mcgovern threads the ball through to Terry Britton. Terry Britton tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
57.45
Pius Mbamba decides to run forward with the ball. Pius Mbamba deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Terry Britton. Terry Britton tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
60.24
Scott Mcgovern passes the ball forward to Luke Burbage. Luke Burbage lofts in a cross ball towards James Shearer. James Shearer powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
66.08
1-0Scott Mcgovern knocks the ball to his team mate, Luke Burbage. Luke Burbage makes a probing pass to James Shearer. James Shearer cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Ricardo Villa easily smothers it.
73.23
Dani‘l Laudrup comes in with a late challenge on Walter Rourke. Dani‘l Laudrup is shown the yellow card! Walter Rourke stretches but gets up unharmed.
81.37
Neil Cope knocks the ball to his team mate, Angelo Bucci. Angelo Bucci knocks the ball forward to Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Kenneth Perez.
84.49
Neil Cope deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Karim Foulon. Karim Foulon knocks the ball forward to Raul Alston. Raul Alston shoots from outside the area. Raul Alston scores for Aston Villa!!
87.07
Dambou Moreira makes a probing pass to Angelo Bucci. Angelo Bucci threads the ball through to Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke plays a perfect one-two with Raul Alston and rushes in on goal... Walter Rourke shoots from just inside the box but he balloons it over the crossbar!
89.03
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
90.00
Juan Manuel Caniggia threads the ball through to Raul Alston. Raul Alston knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Kenneth Perez.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
2
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
47.1%
52.9%
Play Area
32.4%
39.7%
27.9%
Scorers
| Walter Rourke 48 Raul Alston 84 |