Tranmere Rovers 1-4 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Saturday 13 December 2025
Result
Tranmere Rovers 1-4 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Tranmere Rovers 1-4 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Tranmere Rovers lost to Crewe Alexandra 1-4 in the League Two on Saturday 13 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
Max Sanders opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from an own goal by James Connolly (82'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Max Sanders (17'), Max Sanders (45+2'), Emre Tezgel (59', penalty) and Tommi O'Reilly (71').
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 15th on 26 points from 19 and Crewe Alexandra 12th on 28 points from 19. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 41 points, and Crewe Alexandra 11th with 67.
Tranmere Rovers 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 Max Sanders of Crewe Alexandra (9.5), ahead of Tommi O'Reilly (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Max Sanders
- 45+1'Yellow card · Cameron Norman
- 45+2'Goal · Max Sanders
- 45+9'Yellow card · Nathan Smith
- 45+9'Yellow card · Adrien Thibaut
- 56'Yellow card · Jayden Joseph
- 59'Penalty goal · Emre Tezgel
- 63'Yellow card · Lewis Billington
- 71'Goal · Tommi O'Reilly
- 82'Own goal · James Connolly
- 90+5'Yellow card · Aaron McGowan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Murphy, Cameron Norman, Nathan Smith, Patrick Brough, Jayden Joseph, Billy Blacker, Richard Smallwood, Ethan Bristow, Charlie Whitaker, Kristian Dennis, Joe Ironside
Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Waller, Calum Agius, James Connolly, Lewis Billington, Reece Hutchinson, Owen Lunt, Max Sanders, Tommi O'Reilly, Emre Tezgel, Josh March, Adrien Thibaut