Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Crawley Town

League Two · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Crawley Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Crawley Town 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Callum Ainley opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Callum Ainley (40'), Chris Dagnall (45') and Chris Dagnall (90+4'). Crawley Town did not score.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 22nd on 20 points from 21 and Crawley Town 17th on 24 points from 21. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Crawley Town 14th with 59.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crawley Town in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crewe Alexandra wins, 4 draws and 2 for Crawley Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · J. YorwerthCrawley Town
  • 34'Yellow card · G. MorrisCrawley Town
  • 40'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · M. RaynesCrewe Alexandra
  • 56'Yellow card · Cedric EvinaCrawley Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Jordan RobertsCrawley Town
  • 75'Yellow card · Harry PickeringCrewe Alexandra
  • 88'Yellow card · Enzio BoldewijnCrawley Town
  • 90+4'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 4, draws 4, Crawley Town 2.

Team news

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

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, Zoumana Bakayogo, Michael Raynes, Eddie Nolan, Harry Pickering, George Cooper, Callum Ainley, Tom Lowery, Chris Dagnall, Jordan Bowery

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

Glenn Morris, Lewis Young, Mark Connolly, Josh Yorwerth, Cedric Evina, Josh Payne, Enzio Boldewijn, Jimmy Smith, Jordan Roberts, Mark Randall, Thomas Verheydt