Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 December 2020

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 12 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

R. Holmes opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Owen Dale (53') and R. Wintle (90+4'). Northampton Town scored through R. Holmes (3').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 13th on 20 points from 16 and Northampton Town 16th on 18 points from 16. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 12th with 66 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Pickering of Crewe Alexandra (8.2), level with Charlie Kirk (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · R. HolmesNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · C. BolgerNorthampton Town
  • 25'Yellow card · J. MartinNorthampton Town
  • 53'Goal · Owen DaleCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 69'Second yellow · J. MartinNorthampton Town
  • 83'Yellow card · Harry PickeringCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+4'Goal · R. WintleCrewe Alexandra · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 3, Northampton Town 5.

Team news

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

Will Jääskeläinen, Luke Offord, Javier Klimowicz, Omar Beckles, Harry Pickering, Tom Lowery, Ryan Wintle, Oliver Finney, Owen Dale, Mikael Mandron, Charlie Kirk

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

Steve Arnold, Michael Harriman, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Joe Martin, Nicky Adams, Christopher Missilou, Jack Sowerby, Ricky Holmes, Harry Smith, Sam Hoskins