Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2026

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Alexandra Stadium, Crewe · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 3 October 2026 at Alexandra Stadium. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jack Lankester opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Jack Lankester (1'), Jack Lankester (21', penalty) and Jordan Gibson (66'). Bristol Rovers scored through Bobby Kamwa (90+2').

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

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 10th on 12 points from 8 and Bristol Rovers 3rd on 15 points from 8. In the current table Crewe Alexandra are 4th on 22 points and Bristol Rovers are 17th on 16 points.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Lankester of Crewe Alexandra (8.5), ahead of Luke Offord (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Jack LankesterCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Tom JamesBristol Rovers
  • 8'Yellow card · Josh MarchCrewe Alexandra
  • 10'Yellow card · Josh StephensonCrewe Alexandra
  • 21'Penalty goal · Jack LankesterCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Ciarán KellyBristol Rovers
  • 38'Yellow card · Owen LuntCrewe Alexandra
  • 66'Goal · Jordan GibsonCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Keenan GoughBristol Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Conor ThomasCrewe Alexandra
  • 89'Yellow card · Clinton MolaBristol Rovers
  • 90+2'Goal · Bobby KamwaBristol Rovers · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Crewe Alexandra145721717022WWLLD
17Bristol Rovers145181723-616LLLDL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Tom Booth, Lewis Billington, Luke Offord, Josh Stephenson, Kyle Ure, Owen Lunt, Joe White, Jack Lankester, Joel Tabiner, Josh March, Adrien Thibaut

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Brad Young, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Ciarán Kelly, Tom James, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Jack Sparkes, Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny, Bobby Kamwa, Ellis Harrison

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