Brentford 5-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Brentford 5-1 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Brentford 5-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Brentford defeated Crewe Alexandra 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.

Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Brentford's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (13'), Farid El Alagui (20'), Farid El Alagui (45+2'), Harlee Dean (84') and Clayton Donaldson (89'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Mathias Pogba (48').

Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brentford were 18th on 1 point from 2 and Crewe Alexandra 10th on 3 points from 2. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Crewe Alexandra 14th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBrentford · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Farid El AlaguiBrentford · 2-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Farid El AlaguiBrentford · 3-0
  • 48'Goal · Mathias PogbaCrewe Alexandra · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Luke MurphyCrewe Alexandra
  • 84'Goal · Harlee DeanBrentford · 4-1
  • 89'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBrentford · 5-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Brentford 0, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 2.

Team news

Brentford line-up

Simon Moore, Scott Barron, Tony Craig, Harlee Dean, Shaleum Logan, Kevin Patrick O'Connor, Sam Saunders, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Clayton Donaldson, Farid El Alagui

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Chris Martin, Harry Davis, Mark Ellis, Adam Dugdale, Gregor Robertson, Ashley Westwood, Luke Murphy, Abdul Osman, Mathias Pogba, AJ Leitch-Smith, Byron Moore