Forest Green Rovers vs Crewe Alexandra

9 September 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee T Parsons

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–0

Reece Brown 35’

Chris Long 49’
Courtney Baker-Richardson 60’, 69’
Elliott Nevitt 82’

Match summary

Crewe Alexandra came from behind to win 4-1 away at Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green Rovers led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Reece Brown put Forest Green Rovers ahead from a corner in the 35th minute. In the second half, Chris Long equalised in the 49th minute, Courtney Baker-Richardson put Crewe Alexandra in front with a header in the 60th minute, Baker-Richardson made it 1-3 in the 69th minute, and Elliott Nevitt made it 1-4 in the 82nd minute.

Shots finished 18-9 to Crewe Alexandra, with 4 on target for Forest Green Rovers and 5 for Crewe Alexandra.

Match stats

9 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Crewe Alexandra

Kick-off

Reece Brown

1-0

35’

Half-time1-0

49’

Chris Long

1-1

60’

Courtney Baker-Richardson

1-2

69’

Courtney Baker-Richardson

1-3

82’

Elliott Nevitt

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Forest Green Rovers

Jamie Robson
Harvey Bunker
Troy Deeney
Darnell Johnson

Crewe Alexandra

Connor O'Riordan
Luke Offord
Joel Tabiner

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crewe Alexandra attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Luke Daniels	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Bernard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Inniss	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Reece Welch	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jamie Robson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle McAllister	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Reece Brown Taken off	54′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Harvey Bunker Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dylan Kadji Taken off	53′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matty Taylor Taken off	72′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Troy Deeney Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fankaty Dabo Came on as a substitute	37′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Darnell Johnson Came on as a substitute	36′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Teddy Jenks Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyrese Omotoye Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mathew Stevens Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Harvey Davies	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor O'Riordan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Offord	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mickey Demetriou	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Rio Adebisi Taken off	75′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Joel Tabiner Taken off	63′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Conor Thomas	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jack Powell Taken off	76′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Aaron Rowe Taken off	46′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Chris Long	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Courtney Baker-Richardson Taken off	75′	2	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ryan Cooney Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe White Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Zac Williams Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliott Nevitt Came on as a substitute	15′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Owen Lunt Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Forest Green Rovers win 42% Avg odds 2.22

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41

Crewe Alexandra win 30% Avg odds 3.13

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

Form going into the game

Forest Green Rovers W L L D W

Crewe Alexandra D W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Forest Green Rovers, 01 Apr 24 All Forest Green Rovers vs Crewe Alexandra 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.