Grimsby Town vs Crewe Alexandra

9 December 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee R Watkins

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Abo Eisa 18’
  • Danny Rose 45’
  • Joe White 78’

Match summary

Grimsby Town won 2-1 at home to Crewe Alexandra. Grimsby Town led 2-0 at half-time.

Abo Eisa put Grimsby Town ahead from a corner in the 18th minute, Danny Rose made it 2-0 with a header in the 45th minute, and Joe White pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 78th minute.

Shots finished 17-11 to Grimsby Town, with 3 on target for Grimsby Town and 2 for Crewe Alexandra.

Match stats

Grimsby Town Crewe Alexandra
17 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Grimsby Town Crewe Alexandra
Kick-off
Abo Eisa1-0 (Grimsby Town)
18’
Danny Rose2-0 (Grimsby Town)
45’
Half-time2-0
78’
Joe White2-1 (Crewe Alexandra)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Grimsby Town
  • Toby Mullarkey
Crewe Alexandra
  • Connor O'Riordan
  • Joe White
  • Aaron Rowe

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crewe Alexandra attacking Grimsby Town attacking 
2’ Arthur Gnahoua (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 6’ Alex Hunt (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 10’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 10’ Connor O'Riordan (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 17’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 18’ Abo Eisa (Grimsby Town), from a corner, goal 18’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 34’ Alex Hunt (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 37’ Lewis Billington (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 37’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 43’ Arthur Gnahoua (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 44’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 45’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, goal 47’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 49’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, off target 54’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 66’ Toby Mullarkey (Grimsby Town), open play, hit the woodwork 71’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 74’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 78’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, goal 85’ Callum Ainley (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 86’ Callum Ainley (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 88’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, blocked 89’ Kamil Conteh (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 90’ Otis Khan (Grimsby Town), set piece, off target 90+2’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 90+3’ Connor O'Riordan (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 90+3’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 2’ Arthur Gnahoua (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 6’ Alex Hunt (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 10’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 10’ Connor O'Riordan (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 17’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), from a corner, off target 18’ Abo Eisa (Grimsby Town), from a corner, goal 18’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 34’ Alex Hunt (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 37’ Lewis Billington (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 37’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 43’ Arthur Gnahoua (Grimsby Town), from a corner, blocked 44’ Harvey Rodgers (Grimsby Town), open play, saved 45’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, goal 47’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 49’ Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, off target 54’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 66’ Toby Mullarkey (Grimsby Town), open play, hit the woodwork 71’ Aaron Rowe (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 74’ Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 78’ Joe White (Crewe Alexandra), open play, goal 85’ Callum Ainley (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 86’ Callum Ainley (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 88’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, blocked 89’ Kamil Conteh (Grimsby Town), open play, blocked 90’ Otis Khan (Grimsby Town), set piece, off target 90+2’ Danny Rose (Grimsby Town), open play, off target 90+3’ Connor O'Riordan (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 90+3’ Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Niall Maher
90′ – – – – – – –
Anthony Driscoll-Glennon
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Arthur Gnahoua Taken off
72′ – – 2 – – – –
Alex Hunt Taken off
72′ – – 2 – – – –
Abo Eisa Taken off
72′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Otis Khan Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 1 – – – –
Kieran Green Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Callum Ainley Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 2 – – – –
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

Grimsby Town win 41% Avg odds 2.28
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.41
Crewe Alexandra win 32% Avg odds 2.97

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.