Gillingham 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 21 March 2023

Result

Gillingham 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Tuesday 21 March 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Gillingham 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Gillingham won against Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tom Nichols opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Tom Nichols (56') and Aiden O'Brien (70'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Callum Ainley (62').

Discipline: Gillingham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Gillingham were 20th on 38 points from 36 and Crewe Alexandra 18th on 42 points from 36. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Crewe Alexandra 13th with 58.

Gillingham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Nichols of Gillingham (8.4), ahead of A. MacDonald (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Alex MacDonaldGillingham
  • 12'Red card · Neil HarrisGillingham
  • 42'Yellow card · Regan GriffithsCrewe Alexandra
  • 56'Goal · Tom NicholsGillingham · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Aiden O'BrienGillingham · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Max EhmerGillingham

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Gillingham 0, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Gillingham line-up (4-4-2)

Glenn Morris, Cheye Alexander, Max Ehmer, Conor Masterson, Robbie McKenzie, A. MacDonald, Shaun Williams, T. Dieng, Dom Jefferies, Oli Hawkins, Tom Nichols

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

Dave Richards, Kelvin Mellor, Conor Thomas, Luke Offord, Rio Adebisi, David Amoo, Regan Griffiths, Joel Tabiner, Dan Agyei, Callum Ainley, Elliott Nevitt