Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Monday 1 January 2024
Result
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Bradford City
League Two · Monday 1 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Bradford City: match report
Crewe Alexandra defeated Bradford City 1-0 in the League Two on Monday 1 January 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Christopher Long of Crewe Alexandra in the 13th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 5 yellow cards; Bradford City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 8th on 38 points from 24 and Bradford City 11th on 34 points from 24. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Bradford City 9th with 69.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 5-3-2 and Bradford City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Booth of Crewe Alexandra (7.7), ahead of Christopher Long (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 1 draw and 1 for Bradford City.
Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Bradford City's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Penalty goal · Christopher Long
- 38'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 39'Yellow card · Graham Alexander
- 39'Yellow card · Aaron Rowe
- 69'Yellow card · Tom Booth
- 77'Yellow card · Lewis Billington
- 87'Yellow card · Mickey Demetriou
- 90+1'Yellow card · Brad Halliday
- 90+5'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Crewe Alexandra line-up (5-3-2)
Tom Booth, Lewis Billington, Connor O'Riordan, Luke Offord, Mickey Demetriou, Rio Adebisi, Aaron Rowe, Joe White, Christopher Long, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Shilow Tracey
Bradford City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Harry Lewis, Jonathan Tomkinson, Matty Platt, Ciarán Kelly, Brad Halliday, Alex Gilliead, Richard Smallwood, Liam Ridehalgh, Clarke Oduor, Andy Cook, Tyler Smith