Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
League Two · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report
Bristol Rovers won against Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Alfie Pond opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Tommy Leigh (87') and Tommy Leigh (90+2'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Alfie Pond (17').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 31 points from 34 and Crewe Alexandra 8th on 56 points from 35. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Crewe Alexandra 11th with 67.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Leigh of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Kofi Balmer (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 6 draws and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Alfie Pond
- 30'Yellow card · Lewis Billington
- 33'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 84'Yellow card · Max Sanders
- 87'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 90+2'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 90+5'Yellow card · James Connolly
- 90+6'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
- 90+6'Yellow card · Omar Bogle
- 90+6'Yellow card · Clinton Mola
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Young, Joel Senior, Kofi Balmer, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Sparkes, Yusuf Akhamrich, Richard Smallwood, Clinton Mola, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Joe Quigley, Ellis Harrison
Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ian Lawlor, James Connolly, Mickey Demetriou, Alfie Pond, Lewis Billington, Conor Thomas, Jack Powell, Reece Hutchinson, Tommi O'Reilly, Matus Holicek, Josh March