Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2024

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Salford City

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Salford City: match report

Crewe Alexandra lost to Salford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 27 January 2024. The half-time score was 2-1.

Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Aaron Rowe (44') and Elliott Nevitt (45+2'). Salford City scored through Matt Smith (4'), Matt Smith (55') and Matt Smith (85').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 4th on 50 points from 28 and Salford City 20th on 28 points from 28. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Salford City 20th with 51.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Salford City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (10.0), ahead of Lewis Billington (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 0 draws and 2 for Salford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Declan JohnSalford City
  • 27'Yellow card · Aaron RoweCrewe Alexandra
  • 40'Yellow card · Luke GarbuttSalford City
  • 44'Goal · Aaron RoweCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Elliott NevittCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Matt SmithSalford City · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Matthew LundSalford City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Callum HendrySalford City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 0, Salford City 2.

Team news

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

Tom Booth, Lewis Billington, Luke Offord, Mickey Demetriou, Rio Adebisi, Josh Austerfield, Shilow Tracey, Aaron Rowe, Conor Thomas, Christopher Long, Elliott Nevitt

Salford City line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Cairns, Declan John, Theo Vassell, Curtis Tilt, Luke Garbutt, Ryan Watson, Elliot Watt, Junior Luamba, Luke Bolton, Matt Smith, Conor McAleny