Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Bristol Rovers won against Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alfie Pond opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Tommy Leigh (87') and Tommy Leigh (90+2'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Alfie Pond (17').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 31 points from 34 and Crewe Alexandra 8th on 56 points from 35. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Crewe Alexandra 11th with 67.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Kofi Balmer (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Alfie PondCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Lewis BillingtonCrewe Alexandra
  • 33'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Max SandersCrewe Alexandra
  • 87'Goal · Tommy LeighBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Tommy LeighBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · James ConnollyCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerBristol Rovers
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Omar BogleCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Clinton MolaBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Yusuf Akhamrich, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Joe Quigley, Ellis Harrison

Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ian Lawlor, James Connolly, Mickey Demetriou, Alfie Pond, Lewis Billington, Conor Thomas, Jack Powell, Reece Hutchinson, Tommi O'Reilly, Matus Holicek, Josh March