Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 19 January 2021

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 19 January 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Bristol Rovers 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 19 January 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Charlie Kirk opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Charlie Kirk (4'), R. Wintle (23') and O. Lancashire (55'). Bristol Rovers scored through Max Ehmer (46') and Luke McCormick (51').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 10th on 32 points from 22 and Bristol Rovers 19th on 22 points from 19. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Kirk of Crewe Alexandra (8.5), ahead of Tom Lowery (8.3).

Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Bristol Rovers's L-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · R. WintleCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Oli FinneyCrewe Alexandra
  • 45'Yellow card · Luke OffordCrewe Alexandra
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Luke McCormickBristol Rovers
  • 46'Goal · Max EhmerBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 51'Goal · Luke McCormickBristol Rovers · 2-2
  • 55'Goal · O. LancashireCrewe Alexandra · 3-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Cian HarriesBristol Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · T. JohnsonCrewe Alexandra

Team news

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

Dave Richards, Luke Offord, Javier Klimowicz, Omar Beckles, Harry Pickering, Tom Lowery, Ryan Wintle, Oliver Finney, Owen Dale, Chris Porter, Charlie Kirk

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-1-1)

Joe Day, Jack Baldwin, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, Max Ehmer, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Edward Upson, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Brandon Hanlan