Swindon Town 4-3 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2018

Result

Swindon Town 4-3 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Swindon Town 4-3 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Swindon Town won against Crewe Alexandra 4-3 in the League Two on Saturday 27 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Marc Richards opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Marc Richards (3'), Timi Max Elsnik (66'), Timi Max Elsnik (79') and Marc Richards (89'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Callum Ainley (15'), Callum Ainley (29') and R. Wintle (51').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 10th on 44 points from 27 and Crewe Alexandra 20th on 29 points from 28. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Crewe Alexandra 15th with 56.

Swindon Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swindon Town wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Marc RichardsSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Harry McKirdyCrewe Alexandra
  • 29'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 51'Goal · R. WintleCrewe Alexandra · 1-3
  • 58'Yellow card · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra
  • 61'Yellow card · Zoumana BakayogoCrewe Alexandra
  • 66'Goal · Timi Max ElsnikSwindon Town · 2-3
  • 67'Yellow card · Dave RichardsCrewe Alexandra
  • 79'Goal · Timi Max ElsnikSwindon Town · 3-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Ben GarrattCrewe Alexandra
  • 87'Yellow card · Matt PrestonSwindon Town
  • 89'Goal · Marc RichardsSwindon Town · 4-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Marc RichardsSwindon Town
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Keshi AndersonSwindon Town

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Swindon Town 3, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Swindon Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Reice Charles-Cook, Matt Preston, Chris Robertson, Javier Klimowicz, James Dunne, Ellis Iandolo, Kellan Gordon, Kaiyne Woolery, Ollie Banks, Keshi Anderson, Marc Richards

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

Dave Richards, Zoumana Bakayogo, Michael Raynes, Eddie Nolan, Brad Walker, Callum Ainley, Ryan Wintle, Paul Green, Jordan Bowery, Charlie Kirk, Harry McKirdy