Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Crewe Alexandra · Cheltenham Town · League Two predictions

Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Cheltenham Town 4-1 in the League Two on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Matus Holicek opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Matus Holicek (1'), Josh March (22'), James Connolly (34') and Josh March (77'). Cheltenham Town scored through G. Miller (43').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 13th on 32 points from 23 and Cheltenham Town 18th on 27 points from 23. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh March of Crewe Alexandra (7.9), ahead of Calum Agius (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Matus HolicekCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Hakeeb AdelakunCheltenham Town
  • 22'Goal · Josh MarchCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · James ConnollyCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 43'Goal · G. MillerCheltenham Town · 3-1
  • 77'Goal · Josh MarchCrewe Alexandra · 4-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Sam Waller, Lewis Billington, James Connolly, Mickey Demetriou, Reece Hutchinson, Owen Lunt, Max Sanders, Tommi O'Reilly, Matus Holicek, Calum Agius, Josh March

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

Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, L. Young, Ben Stevenson, Isaac Hutchinson, Ethon Archer, George Miller, Hakeeb Adelakun