Salford City vs Crewe Alexandra

7 October 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee Thomas Kirk

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Matt Smith 45+3’, 58’
Ryan Watson 71’
Kevin Berkoe 90+1’

Courtney Baker-Richardson 27’, 90+3’

Match summary

Salford City came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Crewe Alexandra. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Courtney Baker-Richardson put Crewe Alexandra ahead with a header in the 27th minute and Matt Smith equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Smith put Salford City in front in the 58th minute, Ryan Watson made it 3-1 in the 71st minute, Kevin Berkoe made it 4-1 with a header in stoppage time, and Baker-Richardson pulled one back to make it 4-2 in stoppage time.

Both sides had 14 shots, with 7 on target for Salford City and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.

Match stats

14 Shots 14

7 Shots on Target 3

5 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Salford City Crewe Alexandra

Kick-off

27’

Courtney Baker-Richardson

0-1

Matt Smith

1-1

45+3’

Half-time1-1

Matt Smith

2-1

58’

Ryan Watson

3-1

71’

Kevin Berkoe

4-1

90+1’

90+3’

Courtney Baker-Richardson

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Salford City

Ethan Ingram
Elliot Watt

Crewe Alexandra

Mickey Demetriou
Courtney Baker-Richardson

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crewe Alexandra attacking Salford City attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Alex Cairns	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethan Ingram	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adrian Mariappa	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Curtis Tilt	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Declan John	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliot Watt	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Matthew Lund Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stevie Mallan	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Luke Bolton	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matt Smith Taken off	90′	2	–	4	–	–	–	–
Kelly N'Mai Taken off	87′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Watson Came on as a substitute	25′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kevin Berkoe Came on as a substitute	3′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–


Harvey Davies	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Offord Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor O'Riordan	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Mickey Demetriou	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rio Adebisi	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Jack Powell	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Joel Tabiner	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zac Williams Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shilow Tracey Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matúš Holíček Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Courtney Baker-Richardson	90′	2	–	4	–	–	–
Joe White Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Aaron Rowe Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliott Nevitt Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Finney Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Salford City win 45% Avg odds 2.11

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.56

Crewe Alexandra win 29% Avg odds 3.21

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

Form going into the game

Salford City L L L W W

Crewe Alexandra W D W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Salford City, 10 Mar 23 Next meeting: Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Salford City, 27 Jan 24 All Salford City 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.