Cheltenham Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cheltenham Town · Crewe Alexandra · League Two predictions

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jack Lankester opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Joel Colwill (70') and Joel Colwill (83'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Jack Lankester (56').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 14th on 27 points from 21 and Crewe Alexandra 4th on 35 points from 20. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 15th with 60 points, and Crewe Alexandra 13th with 62.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Colwill of Cheltenham Town (8.6), ahead of Jack Lankester (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cheltenham Town wins, 4 draws and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Matus HolicekCrewe Alexandra
  • 34'Yellow cardCrewe Alexandra
  • 51'Yellow card · James ConnollyCrewe Alexandra
  • 56'Goal · Jack LankesterCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Shilow TraceyCrewe Alexandra
  • 70'Goal · Joel ColwillCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Zac WilliamsCrewe Alexandra
  • 83'Goal · Joel ColwillCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · R. BowmanCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 3, draws 4, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Team news

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

Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, I. Bakare, Sam Stubbs, Tom Bradbury, L. Young, L. Kinsella, Jordan Thomas, Joel Colwill, Ethon Archer, George Miller

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

Filip Marschall, James Connolly, Mickey Demetriou, Zac Williams, Ryan Cooney, Matus Holicek, Jack Powell, Joel Tabiner, Max Conway, Shilow Tracey, Jack Lankester