Crewe Alexandra vs Salford City

27 January 2024 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee S Parkinson

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Aaron Rowe 44’
Elliott Nevitt 45+2’

Matt Smith 4’, 56’, 85’

Match summary

Salford City came from behind to win 3-2 away at Crewe Alexandra, with a late winner. Crewe Alexandra led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Matt Smith put Salford City ahead with a header in the 4th minute, Aaron Rowe equalised in the 44th minute, and Elliott Nevitt put Crewe Alexandra in front with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Smith equalised with a header in the 56th minute and Smith won it in the 85th minute.

Shots finished 18-11 to Salford City, with 3 on target for Crewe Alexandra and 6 for Salford City.

Match stats

11 Shots 18

3 Shots on Target 6

2 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Crewe Alexandra Salford City

Kick-off

4’

Matt Smith

0-1

Aaron Rowe

1-1

44’

Elliott Nevitt

2-1

45+2’

Half-time2-1

56’

Matt Smith

2-2

85’

Matt Smith

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Crewe Alexandra

Aaron Rowe

Salford City

Declan John
Luke Garbutt
Matthew Lund
Callum Hendry

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Salford City attacking Crewe Alexandra attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Tom Booth	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Billington Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Offord	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mickey Demetriou	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rio Adebisi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Austerfield Taken off	89′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shilow Tracey	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Aaron Rowe Taken off	81′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Conor Thomas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Long Taken off	63′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Elliott Nevitt	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ryan Cooney Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Courtney Baker-Richardson Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matúš Holíček Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Leigh Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Alex Cairns	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Declan John Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Theo Vassell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Curtis Tilt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Garbutt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Watson Taken off	75′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliot Watt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Junior Luamba Taken off	46′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Luke Bolton	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matt Smith	90′	3	–	7	–	–	–	–
Conor McAleny Taken off	75′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Liam Shephard Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kelly N'Mai Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Matthew Lund Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Callum Hendry Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 46% Avg odds 2.02

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.70

Salford City win 29% Avg odds 3.30

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

Form going into the game

Crewe Alexandra D W W W W

Salford City L L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Salford City 4-2 Crewe Alexandra, 07 Oct 23 Next meeting: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Salford City, 19 Oct 24 All Crewe Alexandra vs Salford City 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.