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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Matchroom Stadium
  • Attendance: 3881
  • Referee: Hegley, G

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

79 mins

Crewe are replacing Gary Roberts with Tom Pope.

74 mins

Leyton Orient are replacing Wayne Corden with Wayne Gray.

68 mins

Byron Moore is replaced by Neil Cox.

59 mins

Crewe are replacing Julien Baudet with George Abbey.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45 mins

The referee has booked Julien Baudet.

33 mins

Andy Barcham is replaced by Jason Demetriou.

31 mins

The referee has booked Charlie Daniels.

26 mins

Goal!! Nicky Maynard scores for Crewe.

24 mins

Tamika Mkandawire is being taken off, Sam Oji has come on in his place.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

A first-half strike from Crewe's Nicky Maynard eased their relegation worries and halted Orient's hopes of climbing back into the play-off places.

The goal earned Crewe only their second away win as Orient slumped to their first home defeat in seven - but the home side only had themselves to blame as they failed to cash in on incessant second-half pressure.

It was Crewe who dominated the first-half and could easily have been more than one goal to the good at the interval.

After just four minutes Gary Roberts, on loan from Ipswich, fired in a free kick that Orient keeper Stuart Nelson parried and Maynard knocked the rebound wide.

Orient went close to levelling when top scorer Adam Boyd's header was deflected wide.

Crewe attacked with pace and poise and Maynard raced clear but shot wide before Byron Moore swept in a cross by Roberts only to have the effort ruled out for offside.

Orient lost defender Tamika Mkandawire through injury and substitute Sam Oji had only been on for 60 seconds when he failed to clear and Maynard reacted first to sweep the ball home.

Orient had a penalty appeal turned down when Corden's shot appeared to be handled.

As the O's stepped up a gear Boyd missed a glorious chance to level after being set up by Jabo Ibehre before Ben Williams made a wonder save on the stroke of half-time to keep out Ibehre's header.

After the break the O's took a vice-like grip and created chance after chance but goalkeeper Williams was heroic as he made stunning saves from Boyd, Ibehre and substitute Wayne Gray.

When he was finally beaten by Oji's header, the woodwork came to his rescue.

Boyd, Corden, Jason Demetriou and Paul Terry also wasted good chances for the O's, allowing Alex to walk away with all three points.

Leyton Orient Team

Crewe Alexandra Team

Leyton Orient

Crewe Alexandra

Corners

8 7

Fouls

12 10

Goal attempts

22 7

Shots off target

9 4

Offsides

0 7

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