Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Crewe Alexandra lost to Accrington Stanley 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Michael Nottingham of Accrington Stanley in the 17th minute.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Accrington Stanley received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 21st on 1 point from 3 and Accrington Stanley 6th on 6 points from 3. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 24th with 29 points, and Accrington Stanley 12th with 61.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross Sykes of Accrington Stanley (8.3), ahead of Michael Nottingham (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crewe Alexandra wins, 1 draw and 6 for Accrington Stanley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Michael NottinghamAccrington Stanley · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Ross SykesAccrington Stanley
  • 50'Yellow card · Harry PellAccrington Stanley
  • 55'Yellow card · Luke OffordCrewe Alexandra
  • 56'Yellow card · Luke MurphyCrewe Alexandra
  • 62'Yellow card · J. TraffordAccrington Stanley
  • 68'Yellow card · Dion CharlesAccrington Stanley
  • 78'Yellow card · Kayne RamsayCrewe Alexandra
  • 86'Yellow card · Oli FinneyCrewe Alexandra
  • 89'Second yellow · Luke OffordCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Colby BishopAccrington Stanley
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Joel MumbongoAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 3, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 6.

Team news

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

Dave Richards, Kayne Ramsay, Luke Offord, Terell Thomas, Rio Adebisi, Callum Ainley, Shaun MacDonald, Luke Murphy, Ben Knight, Chris Porter, Mikael Mandron

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-2)

James Trafford, Ross Sykes, Michael Nottingham, Harvey Rodgers, Joe Pritchard, Matt Butcher, David Morgan, H. Pell, Sean McConville, Colby Bishop, Dion Charles