Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Crewe Alexandra beat Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
James Plant opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Conor Thomas (77') and Josh March (90+1'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Plant (44').
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 6th on 53 points from 34 and Tranmere Rovers 19th on 35 points from 33. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Tranmere Rovers 21st with 41.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommi O'Reilly of Crewe Alexandra (8.5), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crewe Alexandra wins, 1 draw and 2 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 44'Goal · James Plant
- 51'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 77'Goal · Conor Thomas
- 90'Yellow card · Zech Obiero
- 90+1'Goal · Josh March
- 90+2'Yellow card · Josh March
- 90+5'Yellow card · Lewis Warrington
Head-to-head
Team news
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Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ian Lawlor, Lewis Billington, Alfie Pond, Mickey Demetriou, Reece Hutchinson, Matus Holicek, Jack Powell, Tommi O'Reilly, Calum Agius, Josh March, Adrien Thibaut
Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Marko Marosi, Jason Lowe, Nathan Smith, Stephan Negru, James Plant, Sam Finley, Lewis Warrington, Aaron McGowan, Zech Obiero, Omari Patrick, Joe Ironside