Crewe Alex: Match and player ratings

CHELTENHAM TOWN 0

CREWE ALEX 2

(Powell 15, Moore 82)

POSSESSION

Cheltenham 47 per cent

Crewe 53 per cent

GOAL ATTEMPTS

Cheltenham 18 (7 on target)

Crewe 12 (4 on target)

CORNERS

Cheltenham 8

Crewe 6

THE REFEREE

Craig Pawson (Sheffield) 7

FOULS

Cheltenham 11

Crewe 8

CARD WATCH

YELLOW – Cheltenham: None; Crewe: None. RED – Cheltenham: None; Crewe: None.

THE CROWD

Attendance 24,029

MATCH RATING

Entertainment 8

PHILLIPS: Excelled when he needed to, making a decisive second-half stop to deny Kaid Mohamed when he was clean through on goal 8

DAVIS: Kept a steady head throughout as he cleared his lines with confidence when danger threatened 7

MELLOR: Defended stoically by putting his frame on the line when needed – and almost sneaked a goal at the other end when showing his aerial prowess at a corner 7

ARTELL: The Alex skipper was a man-mountain standing in the way of awkward targetman Ben Burgess 8

DUGDALE: Another who earned the plaudits at the back when Cheltenham piled on the pressure during the first half 8

MOORE: Drifted in and out of the game, but took the second decisive goal with clinical aplomb 7

MURPHY: Worked his socks off to get Crewe moving through their passing gears 8

WESTWOOD: Toiled long and hard under the scorching sun, providing useful deliveries from set-plays 7

TOOTLE: Again showed his credentials in a wide midfield role 7

LEITCH-SMITH: Worked hard to get space, but found few openings. Set up Moore for the second goal, though 7

POWELL: Man-of-the-match after another exuberant display capped by a superb goal 8

SUBSTITUTES

MAX CLAYTON (for Powell, 79): The youngster nearly sneaked on to the scoresheet at the death 7

CARL MARTIN (for Leitch-Smith, 85): Shored things up in the closing minutes as Crewe looked to remain in control 7

BELL (for Mellor, 90): Handed a deserved Wembley appearance for the six minutes of added time 6

Not used: Bodin, Alan Martin.

CHELTENHAM TOWN: Brown, Jombati, Garbutt, Elliott, Bennett, McGlashan, Pack (Penn, 83), Summerfield, Mohammed, Burgess (Spencer, 83), Goulding (Duffy, 74).

Not used: Smikle, Lowe.