Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Alexandra Stadium, Crewe · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Rochdale: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Rochdale 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Alexandra Stadium. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matus Holicek opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Matus Holicek (39'), Jordan Gibson (45') and Jordan Gibson (55'). Rochdale scored through an own goal by Joel Tabiner (65') and Aden Flint (90').

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

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 3rd on 18 points from 10 and Rochdale 11th on 14 points from 10. In the current table Crewe Alexandra are 4th on 22 points and Rochdale are 20th on 15 points.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rochdale in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Gibson of Crewe Alexandra (8.4), ahead of Aden Flint (7.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Matus HolicekCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Jordan GibsonCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Joe WhiteCrewe Alexandra
  • 55'Goal · Jordan GibsonCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 65'Own goal · Joel TabinerRochdale · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Aden FlintRochdale · 3-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Crewe Alexandra145721717022WWLLD
20Rochdale144371726-915DLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 5, Rochdale 3.

Team news

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

Tom Booth, Lewis Billington, Luke Offord, Josh Stephenson, Kyle Ure, Owen Lunt, Joe White, Joel Tabiner, Matus Holicek, Jordan Gibson, Josh March

Rochdale line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Waller, Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Aden Flint, Kaiden Wilson, Charlie Kian Tasker, Harvey Gilmour, Baba Adeeko, Cian Hayes, Kane Taylor, Glenn Middleton, Dajaune Brown

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