Salford City 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019
Result
Salford City 3-1 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Salford City 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Salford City defeated Crewe Alexandra 3-1 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
R. Towell opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Salford City's goals came from R. Towell (7'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (12') and an own goal by R. Wintle (85'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Harry Pickering (82').
Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Salford City were 14th on 26 points from 22 and Crewe Alexandra 3rd on 38 points from 21. Salford City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Crewe Alexandra 1st with 69.
Salford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Richie Towell of Salford City (8.0), level with Harry Pickering (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Salford City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crewe Alexandra.
Key events
- 7'Goal · R. Towell
- 12'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 14'Yellow card · Joey Jones
- 40'Yellow card · C. Neal
- 44'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 45+1'Yellow card · Daniel Powell
- 82'Goal · Harry Pickering
- 85'Own goal · R. Wintle
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-4-2)
Chris Neal, Oscar Threlkeld, Cameron Burgess, Liam Hogan, Joey Jones, Jake Jervis, Richie Towell, Craig Conway, Ibou Touray, Adam Rooney, Brandon Thomas-Asante
Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-3-3)
Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Christian Mbulu, Nicky Hunt, Harry Pickering, Ryan Wintle, Oliver Finney, Tom Lowery, Daniel Powell, Chuma Anene, Charlie Kirk