Rotherham United 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 13 August 2024

Result

Rotherham United 2-1 Crewe Alexandra

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 13 August 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rotherham United 2-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Rotherham United won against Crewe Alexandra 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 13 August 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Matus Holicek opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Sam Nombe (55') and Hakeem Odofin (86'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Matus Holicek (50').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Marschall of Crewe Alexandra (8.2), ahead of Hakeem Odoffin (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rotherham United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · S. RaggettRotherham United
  • 50'Goal · Matus HolicekCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Owen LuntCrewe Alexandra
  • 55'Goal · Sam NombeRotherham United · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Hakeem OdofinRotherham United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rotherham United 6, draws 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Cameron Dawson, A. MacDonald, Sean Raggett, Jamie McCart, Reece James, Shaun McWilliams, Christ Tiéhi, Liam Kelly, Joe Powell, Sam Nombe, Jonson Clarke-Harris

Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-5-2)

Filip Marschall, James Connolly, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Zac Williams, Ryan Cooney, Owen Lunt, Kian Breckin, Matus Holicek, Max Conway, Jack Lankester, Shilow Tracey