Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2020

Result

Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Carlisle United

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Carlisle United: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Carlisle United 4-1 in the League Two on Wednesday 1 January 2020. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Callum Ainley opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Callum Ainley (17'), Daniel Powell (26'), Daniel Powell (31') and Chuma Anene (34'). Carlisle United scored through Jack Iredale (56').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Carlisle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 3rd on 41 points from 23 and Carlisle United 20th on 25 points from 24. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Carlisle United 18th with 42.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Carlisle United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Powell of Crewe Alexandra (9.0), ahead of Callum Ainley (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 0 draws and 0 for Carlisle United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Mo SagafCarlisle United
  • 26'Goal · Daniel PowellCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Ryan LoftCarlisle United
  • 31'Goal · Daniel PowellCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 34'Goal · Chuma AneneCrewe Alexandra · 4-0
  • 56'Goal · Jack IredaleCarlisle United · 4-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Owen DaleCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 0, Carlisle United 0.

Team news

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

Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Ryan Wintle, Nicky Hunt, Rio Adebisi, Callum Ainley, Paul Green, Tom Lowery, Daniel Powell, Chuma Anene, Charlie Kirk

Carlisle United line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Collin, Gethin Jones, Aaron Hayden, Byron Webster, Jack Iredale, Harry McKirdy, Mike Jones, Mo Sagaf, Nathan Thomas, Hallam Hope, Ryan Loft