Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 8 March 2022

Result

Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 8 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Portsmouth: match report

Crewe Alexandra were beaten by Portsmouth 1-3 in the League One on Tuesday 8 March 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.

George Hirst opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goal came from Chris Long (90+1'). Portsmouth scored through George Hirst (3'), Tyler Walker (31') and George Hirst (66').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 24th on 25 points from 35 and Portsmouth 10th on 54 points from 34. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 24th with 29 points, and Portsmouth 10th with 73.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 3-5-2 and Portsmouth in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to George Hirst of Portsmouth (9.2), ahead of Connor Ogilvie (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crewe Alexandra wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · George HirstPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Louis ThompsonPortsmouth
  • 31'Goal · Tyler WalkerPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra
  • 62'Yellow card · Clark RobertsonPortsmouth
  • 66'Goal · George HirstPortsmouth · 0-3
  • 78'Yellow card · H. CarterPortsmouth
  • 90+1'Goal · Chris LongCrewe Alexandra · 1-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 0, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

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Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-5-2)

Dave Richards, Travis Johnson, Connor O'Riordan, Luke Offord, Dan Agyei, Luke Murphy, Regan Griffiths, Tom Lowery, Josh Lundstram, Chris Porter, Christopher Long

Portsmouth line-up (3-4-1-2)

Gavin Bazunu, Hayden Carter, Sean Raggett, Clark Robertson, Mahlon Romeo, Joe Morrell, Louis Thompson, Connor Ogilvie, Ronan Curtis, Tyler Walker, George Hirst