Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2019
Result
Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United
League Two · Saturday 14 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United: match report
Crewe Alexandra were beaten by Cambridge United 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 14 September 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from E. Nolan (63') and Chuma Anene (67'). Cambridge United scored through Sam Smith (12'), Paul Lewis (69') and Sam Smith (72', penalty).
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Cambridge United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 3rd on 15 points from 7 and Cambridge United 16th on 8 points from 7. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Cambridge United 16th with 45.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cambridge United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Smith of Cambridge United (8.3), ahead of Paul Lewis (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 1 draw and 4 for Cambridge United.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Sam Smith
- 41'Red card · P. Green
- 49'Yellow card · Kyle Knoyle
- 60'Yellow card · Harry Darling
- 63'Goal · E. Nolan
- 67'Goal · Chuma Anene
- 69'Goal · Paul Lewis
- 72'Penalty goal · Sam Smith
- 83'Yellow card · Chuma Anene
- 83'Yellow card · Luke Hannant
Head-to-head
Team news
Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-3-3)
Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Javier Klimowicz, Eddie Nolan, Harry Pickering, Paul Green, Ryan Wintle, Tom Lowery, Daniel Powell, Chris Porter, Charlie Kirk
Cambridge United line-up (3-5-2)
Dimitar Mitov, Harry Darling, Elliott Ward, George Taft, Kyle Knoyle, Paul Lewis, Samir Carruthers, Liam O'Neil, Luke Hannant, Marc Richards, Sam Smith