Salford City 4-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023
Result
Salford City 4-2 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Salford City 4-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Salford City beat Crewe Alexandra 4-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Courtney Baker-Richardson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Salford City's goals came from Matt Smith (45+3'), Matt Smith (58'), Ryan Watson (71') and Kevin Berkoe (90'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Courtney Baker-Richardson (27') and Courtney Baker-Richardson (90+3').
Discipline: Salford City received 2 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Salford City were 17th on 13 points from 11 and Crewe Alexandra 3rd on 20 points from 11. Salford City went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Crewe Alexandra 7th with 74.
Salford City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Smith of Salford City (9.1), ahead of Courtney Baker-Richardson (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Salford City win, 0 draws and 1 for Crewe Alexandra.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 35'Yellow card · Ethan Ingram
- 38'Yellow card · Courtney Baker-Richardson
- 45+3'Goal · Matt Smith
- 58'Goal · Matt Smith
- 59'Yellow card · Connor O'Riordan
- 68'Yellow card · Elliot Watt
- 71'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 90'Goal · Kevin Berkoe
- 90+3'Goal · Courtney Baker-Richardson
Head-to-head
Team news
Salford City line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cairns, Ethan Ingram, Adrian Mariappa, Curtis Tilt, Declan John, Elliot Watt, Matthew Lund, Stevie Mallan, Luke Bolton, Matt Smith, Kelly N'Mai
Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-5-2)
Harvey Davies, Luke Offord, Connor O'Riordan, Mickey Demetriou, Rio Adebisi, Shilow Tracey, Jack Powell, Joel Tabiner, Zac Williams, Matus Holicek, Courtney Baker-Richardson