Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Bradford City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

James Vaughan opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Charlie Kirk (42') and Tom Lowery (60'). Bradford City scored through James Vaughan (32').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards; Bradford City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 6th on 9 points from 5 and Bradford City 9th on 8 points from 5. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 1st with 69 points, and Bradford City 9th with 54.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bradford City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Richards-Everton of Bradford City (8.2), ahead of Tom Lowery (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crewe Alexandra wins, 3 draws and 5 for Bradford City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Harry PickeringCrewe Alexandra
  • 32'Goal · James VaughanBradford City · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Tom LoweryCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Tom LoweryCrewe Alexandra
  • 77'Yellow card · P. NgCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Owen DaleCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 3, Bradford City 5.

Team news

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

Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Harry Pickering, Javier Klimowicz, Eddie Nolan, Ryan Wintle, Paul Green, Tom Lowery, Daniel Powell, Chris Porter, Charlie Kirk

Bradford City line-up (3-5-2)

Richard O'Donnell, Paudie O'Connor, Ben Richards-Everton, Anthony O'Connor, Kelvin Mellor, Matt Palmer, Hope Akpan, Connor Wood, Jamie Devitt, Clayton Donaldson, James Vaughan