Sunderland 2-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 March 2022

Result

Sunderland 2-0 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 12 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 2-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Sunderland defeated Crewe Alexandra 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 12 March 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dan Neil opened the scoring in the 84th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Dan Neil (84') and P. Roberts (89'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 5th on 63 points from 37 and Crewe Alexandra 24th on 25 points from 36. Sunderland went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Crewe Alexandra 24th with 29.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-5-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Clarke of Sunderland (8.2), ahead of Dan Neil (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Crewe Alexandra's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 66'Yellow card · Z. WilliamsCrewe Alexandra
  • 68'Yellow card · Josh LundstramCrewe Alexandra
  • 74'Yellow card · Bailey WrightSunderland
  • 75'Yellow card · D. CirkinSunderland
  • 76'Yellow card · Tom LoweryCrewe Alexandra
  • 84'Goal · Dan NeilSunderland · 1-0
  • 89'Goal · P. RobertsSunderland · 2-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · L. DajakuSunderland
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jack ClarkeSunderland

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (3-5-2)

Anthony Patterson, Carl Winchester, Bailey Wright, Dennis Cirkin, Lynden Gooch, Luke O'Nien, Josef Dvornik, Jay Matete, Jack Clarke, Jermain Defoe, Ross Stewart

Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-5-2)

Dave Richards, Luke Offord, Connor O'Riordan, Travis Johnson, Josh Lundstram, Rekeem Harper, Regan Griffiths, Tom Lowery, Zac Williams, Callum Ainley, Christopher Long