Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Hartlepool United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 14 February 2023

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Hartlepool United

League Two · Tuesday 14 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Hartlepool United: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Hartlepool United 2-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 14 February 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Callum Ainley opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Callum Ainley (31') and R. Finnigan (39'). Hartlepool United did not score.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Hartlepool United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 19th on 32 points from 28 and Hartlepool United 22nd on 26 points from 30. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Hartlepool United 23rd with 43.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hartlepool United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Ainley of Crewe Alexandra (8.1), ahead of Luke Offord (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Red card · Jamie SterryHartlepool United
  • 31'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · R. FinniganCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Connor JenningsHartlepool United
  • 67'Yellow card · Mouhamed NiangHartlepool United

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Dave Richards, Connor O'Riordan, Rod McDonald, Luke Offord, Rio Adebisi, Conor Thomas, Ryan Finnigan, Joel Tabiner, Callum Ainley, Dan Agyei, Elliott Nevitt

Hartlepool United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jakub Stolarczyk, Daniel Dodds, Taylor Foran, Edon Pruti, Jamie Sterry, Oliver Finney, Nicky Featherstone, David Ferguson, Dan Kemp, Jack Hamilton, Josh Umerah