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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Alexandra Stadium
  • Attendance: 6314
  • Referee: Singh, J

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

83 mins

Ian Breckin is being taken off, Matt Thornhill has come on in his place.

82 mins

Eugen Bopp is being taken off, Ryan Lowe has come on in his place.

75 mins

Arron Davies is replaced by Lewis McGugan.

69 mins

The referee has booked Julian Bennett.

66 mins

Joe Anyinsah is replaced by Dean Morgan.

66 mins

Brett Ormerod is being taken off, Nathan Tyson has come on in his place.

48 mins

Chris Cohen is booked for dissent.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

25 mins

Arron Davies is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 8th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Nottingham Forest fell further behind in the race for automatic promotion from League One as they were held to a goalless draw at relegation-threatened Crewe.

Colin Calderwood's side lacked the guile and quality in the final third to break down the south Cheshire outfit.

There were few, if any, clear-cut chances and, while Forest had most of the play, home keeper Ben Williams had little to do.

He did make one stunning second-half save from Junior Agogo's 20-yard half-volley.

Crewe handed a debut to loan winger Joe Anyinsah and the Preston youngster arrowed a 30-yarder just past Forest keeper Paul Smith's post in a low-key first 45 minutes.

Sammy Clingan tested Williams with a rising drive and Chris Cohen dragged an abysmal shot past the far post after Agogo had put him in the clear on the left of the box.

Forest upped the game on the re-start with centre-half Wes Morgan in particular forcing himself forward on several occasions.

But the clearest sight of goal they had was when Williams parried an effort into the path of Ian Breckin, but Crewe midfielder Michael O'Connor threw himself across to make a decisive block.

The Alex brought on another loanee, Dean Morgan, with 20 minutes to go and the winger went close with a deflective effort.

But Crewe in the main had to maintain a meticulous rearguard action before they collected an invaluable point.

"A draw away from home is no use to us and with that in mind we knew that we were playing with added pressure," admitted a disappointed Forest boss Colin Calderwood afterwards.

"We have got to try and bridge that gap at the top."

Crewe Alexandra Team

Nottingham Forest Team

Crewe Alexandra

Nottingham Forest

Corners

3 8

Fouls

10 15

Goal attempts

6 7

Shots off target

4 3

Offsides

1 1

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