Crewe Alexandra vs Tranmere Rovers

14 October 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee R Joyce

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mickey Demetriou 11’
  • Chris Long 52’

Match summary

Crewe Alexandra beat Tranmere Rovers 2-0. Crewe Alexandra led 1-0 at half-time.

Mickey Demetriou put Crewe Alexandra ahead with a header in the 11th minute and Chris Long made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute.

Shots finished 16-13 to Crewe Alexandra, with 4 on target for Crewe Alexandra and 3 for Tranmere Rovers. Tranmere Rovers had 2 players sent off.

Match stats

Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers
16 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 2

Key events

Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers
Kick-off
Mickey Demetriou1-0 (Crewe Alexandra)
11’
Half-time1-0
Chris Long2-0 (Crewe Alexandra)
52’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Crewe Alexandra
  • Harvey Davies
  • Jack Powell
  • Shilow Tracey
Tranmere Rovers
  • Luke McGee
  • Tom Davies
  • Regan Hendry

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tranmere Rovers attacking Crewe Alexandra attacking 
2’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 4’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, blocked 5’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 11’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 13’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 18’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 22’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 22’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 42’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 44’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 46’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 46’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 46’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 48’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 52’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 67’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 74’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 75’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 81’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 83’ Connor Wood (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 84’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 88’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 90’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ Jack Powell (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 90+4’ Ryan Cooney (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 90+8’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 90+11’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 90+11’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 90+15’ Ryan Cooney (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 2’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 4’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, blocked 5’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 11’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 13’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 18’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 22’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, off target 22’ Kieron Morris (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 42’ Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 44’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 46’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 46’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 46’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 48’ Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 52’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 67’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 74’ Josh Hawkes (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 75’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 81’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 83’ Connor Wood (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 84’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 88’ Robert Apter (Tranmere Rovers), open play, blocked 90’ Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ Jack Powell (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 90+4’ Ryan Cooney (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 90+8’ Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers), open play, saved 90+11’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, off target 90+11’ Harvey Saunders (Tranmere Rovers), open play, hit the woodwork 90+15’ Ryan Cooney (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – –
Ryan Cooney
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Rio Adebisi Taken off
67′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Shilow Tracey Taken off
90′ – – – – – –
Joe White Taken off
71′ – – 2 – – – –
Chris Long Taken off
72′ 1 – 4 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Charlie Finney Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Elliott Nevitt Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Aaron Rowe Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 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

Crewe Alexandra win 48% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66
Tranmere Rovers win 26% Avg odds 3.58

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

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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.