Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons

League Two · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jonathan Leko opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Conor Thomas (62'), Courtney Baker-Richardson (69') and Christopher Long (90'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Jonathan Leko (8').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards; Milton Keynes Dons received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 15th on 6 points from 5 and Milton Keynes Dons 1st on 12 points from 5. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 5th with 78.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 3-4-3 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Courtney Baker-Richardson of Crewe Alexandra (8.1), ahead of Christopher Long (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crewe Alexandra wins, 1 draw and 5 for Milton Keynes Dons.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jonathan LekoMilton Keynes Dons · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Conor ThomasCrewe Alexandra
  • 62'Goal · Conor ThomasCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Courtney Baker-RichardsonCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 89'Yellow card · Connor O'RiordanCrewe Alexandra
  • 90'Goal · Christopher LongCrewe Alexandra · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Aaron RoweCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Harvey DaviesCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 4, draws 1, Milton Keynes Dons 5.

Team news

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

Harvey Davies, Luke Offord, Connor O'Riordan, Mickey Demetriou, Ryan Cooney, Joel Tabiner, Conor Thomas, Jack Powell, Rio Adebisi, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Christopher Long

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-5-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Warren O'Hora, Jack Tucker, Tommy Smith, Cameron Norman, Alex Gilbey, Ethan Robson, Dawson Devoy, Daniel Harvie, Jonathan Leko, Ashley Hunter