Altrincham vs Braintree Town

8 February 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee G Rollason

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Alex Newby 8’
Regan Linney 30’ (pen)
Joe Nuttall 74’

Chay Cooper 82’

Match summary

Altrincham won 3-1 at home to Braintree Town. Altrincham led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alex Newby put Altrincham ahead in the 8th minute and Regan Linney made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 30th minute. In the second half, Joe Nuttall made it 3-0 in the 74th minute and Chay Cooper pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 82nd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Altrincham created 2.40 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Braintree Town 2.20 from 17. Altrincham had a player sent off.

Match stats

2 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 0

2.40 xG 2.20

1.64 Non-penalty xG 2.20

Key events

Altrincham Braintree Town

Kick-off

Alex Newby

1-0

8’

Regan Linney
Penalty

2-0

30’

Half-time2-0

Joe Nuttall

3-0

74’

82’

Chay Cooper

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Altrincham

Matty Kosylo
Tom Crawford
Joe Nuttall

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Altrincham 2.40 xGBraintree Town 2.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Braintree Town attacking Altrincham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Ethan Ross Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Banks	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Charlie Olson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Baines	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tylor Golden Taken off	81′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Lucas Weaver	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Crawford	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliot Osborne	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regan Linney Taken off	71′	1	–	3	0.85	–	–	–
Joe Nuttall	90′	1	–	1	0.27	–	–
Alex Newby Taken off	75′	1	–	3	0.93	–	–	–
Louie Fallon Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty Kosylo Came on as a substituteSent off	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kian Taylor Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Jones Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


Henry Gray	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Pinnington Taken off	89′	–	–	3	0.03	–	–	–
Aidan Francis Clarke	90′	–	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Louie Annesley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Clampin Taken off	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chay Cooper	90′	1	–	4	0.18	–	–	–
James Vennings	90′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Matt Robinson	90′	–	–	3	0.52	–	–	–
Jermaine Francis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Akinde	90′	–	–	1	0.25	–	–	–
Kyrell Lisbie Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.60	–	–	–
Jamal Fyfield Came on as a substitute	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Blackwell Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	2	0.46	–	–	–
Alan Judge Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Altrincham win 57% Avg odds 1.61

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.90

Braintree Town win 19% Avg odds 4.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Altrincham L D W W D

Braintree Town L D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Braintree Town 2-0 Altrincham, 05 Oct 24 Next meeting: Braintree Town 0-0 Altrincham, 25 Oct 25 All Altrincham vs Braintree Town meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.