Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 8 April 2017

Result

Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 8 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Accrington Stanley defeated Crewe Alexandra 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 8 April 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Callum Cooke opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Mark Hughes (57'), S. McCartan (61') and Mark Hughes (79'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Callum Cooke (15') and Chris Dagnall (41').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 13th on 55 points from 40 and Crewe Alexandra 17th on 48 points from 40. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Crewe Alexandra 17th with 55.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 1 draw and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · George RayCrewe Alexandra
  • 15'Goal · Callum CookeCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 0-2
  • 57'Goal · Mark HughesAccrington Stanley · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra
  • 61'Goal · S. McCartanAccrington Stanley · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · B. KeeAccrington Stanley
  • 79'Goal · Mark HughesAccrington Stanley · 3-2
  • 86'Yellow card · S. McCartanAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Accrington Stanley 3, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-4-1-1)

Marek Rodák, Matty Pearson, Mark Hughes, Omar Beckles, Harvey Rodgers, Jordan Clark, Sean McConville, Noor Husin, Seamus Conneely, Shay McCartan, Billy Kee

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Garratt, Ollie Turton, George Ray, Ben Nugent, Zoumana Bakayogo, J. Jones, George Cooper, Billy Bingham, Callum Cooke, Chris Dagnall, Jordan Bowery