Salford City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Saturday 13 August 2022
Result
Salford City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Saturday 13 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Salford City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Salford City beat Crewe Alexandra 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 13 August 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Conor McAleny opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Salford City's goals came from Conor McAleny (17'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (50') and Brandon Thomas-Asante (53'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Salford City were 7th on 4 points from 2 and Crewe Alexandra 2nd on 6 points from 2. Salford City went on to finish that season 7th with 78 points, and Crewe Alexandra 13th with 58.
Salford City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brandon Thomas-Asante of Salford City (9.4), ahead of Ibou Touray (8.5).
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Richard Nartey
- 17'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 29'Yellow card · Kelvin Mellor
- 31'Red card · Bassala Sambou
- 44'Yellow card · Elliot Watt
- 50'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 53'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 90+2'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
Team news
Salford City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Tom King, Jason Lowe, Theo Vassell, Richard Nartey, Luke Bolton, Elliot Watt, Ryan Watson, Ibou Touray, Conor McAleny, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Callum Hendry
Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-2-3-1)
Arthur Okonkwo, Kelvin Mellor, Luke Offord, Billy Sass-Davies, Zac Williams, Conor Thomas, Tariq Uwakwe, Lachlan Brook, Callum Ainley, Bassala Sambou, Dan Agyei