Crewe Alexandra vs Bradford City

1 January 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee P Wright

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Chris Long 13’ (pen)

Match summary

Crewe Alexandra saw off Bradford City 1-0. Crewe Alexandra led 1-0 at half-time.

Chris Long put Crewe Alexandra ahead from the penalty spot in the 13th minute.

Shots finished 16-4 to Bradford City, with 1 on target for Crewe Alexandra and 4 for Bradford City.

Match stats

Crewe Alexandra Bradford City
4 Shots 16
1 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 8
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Crewe Alexandra Bradford City
Kick-off
Chris Long
Penalty
1-0 (Crewe Alexandra)
13’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Crewe Alexandra
  • Tom Booth
  • Lewis Billington
  • Mickey Demetriou
  • Aaron Rowe
  • Courtney Baker-Richardson
Bradford City
  • Richard Smallwood
  • Andy Cook
  • Bobby Pointon

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bradford City attacking Crewe Alexandra attacking 
4’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 13’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), penalty, goal 17’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 21’ Alex Gilliead (Bradford City), open play, saved 29’ Liam Ridehalgh (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 32’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 36’ Ciaran Kelly (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 36’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 37’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 48’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 48’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 55’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 57’ Jonathan Tomkinson (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 67’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 78’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 79’ Vadaine Oliver (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Matthew Platt (Bradford City), set piece, off target 89’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+6’ Matt Derbyshire (Bradford City), open play, saved 4’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 13’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), penalty, goal 17’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 21’ Alex Gilliead (Bradford City), open play, saved 29’ Liam Ridehalgh (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 32’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 36’ Ciaran Kelly (Bradford City), from a corner, off target 36’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 37’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 48’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 48’ Brad Halliday (Bradford City), open play, blocked 55’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 57’ Jonathan Tomkinson (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 67’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 78’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 79’ Vadaine Oliver (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Matthew Platt (Bradford City), set piece, off target 89’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+6’ Matt Derbyshire (Bradford City), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

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Chris Long Taken off
60′ 1 – 2 – – – –
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Shilow Tracey Taken off
84′ – – – – – – –
Elliott Nevitt Came on as a substitute
30′ – – 1 – – – –
Ryan Cooney Came on as a substitute
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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

Crewe Alexandra win 32% Avg odds 2.91
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.44
Bradford City win 41% Avg odds 2.28

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

Form going into the game

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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.