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Crewe Alexandra

3 — 1 Oct 03, 2026 · 07:30 PM IST

Bristol Rovers

League Two · Round 9

Venue Mornflake Stadium, Crewe, Cheshire

Referee Matthew Russell

Attendance 5,964

Player of the Match Jack Lankester 9.0 62' played

Match Events

1' Home ⚽ Jack Lankester — 1-0

8' Home Josh March

8' Away Tom James

10' Home Josh Stephenson

21' Home ⚽ Jack Lankester — 2-0

30' Away Ciarán Kelly

38' Home Owen Lunt

HT

46' Away ↔ Keenan Gough → Richard Smallwood

46' Away ↔ Philip Sanyaolu → Alfie Kilgour

46' Away ↔ Ben Purrington → Jack Sparkes

46' Away ↔ Shaqai Forde → Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny

50' Home ↔ Jordan Gibson → Joel Tabiner

62' Home ↔ Conor Thomas → Jack Lankester

66' Home ⚽ Jordan Gibson — 3-0

74' Away ↔ Joe Quigley → Ellis Harrison

77' Away Keenan Gough

79' Home Conor Thomas

81' Home ↔ Charlie McNeill → Adrien Thibaut

89' Away Clinton Mola

90 + 2' Away ⚽ Bobby Kamwa — 3-1

FT

Match Stats

49 51

Ball possession

1.60 0.79

Expected goals (xG)

9 15

Total shots

4 4

Shots on target

16 24

Touches in opposition box

2 1

Big chances

0 1

Big chances missed

178 (61%) 184 (62%)

Accurate passes

4 4

Yellow cards

3 5

Corners

Lineups

Crewe Alexandra (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Lee Bell

Starting XI

1 Tom Booth 7

2 Lewis Billington 7.8

6 Luke Offord 8.3

12 Josh Stephenson 6.8

4 Kyle Ure 7

19 Owen Lunt 7.1

10 Joe White 7.7

7 Jack Lankester 9

11 Joel Tabiner 7.1

9 Josh March 7.9

29 Adrien Thibaut 6.2

Substitutes

14 Jordan Gibson 7.3

8 Conor Thomas 6.1

23 Charlie McNeill

13 Ian Lawlor

30 Stan Dancey

36 Joel Ewusi

32 Luca Moore

Bristol Rovers (3-4-1-2)

Coach: Steve Evans

Starting XI

1 Brad Young 5.5

4 Kofi Balmer 7

5 Alfie Kilgour 6.1

17 Ciarán Kelly 6.8

2 Tom James 6.5

21 Richard Smallwood 5.9

6 Clinton Mola 7.4

3 Jack Sparkes 5.9

8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 6.1

10 Bobby Kamwa 7

19 Ellis Harrison 6.2

Substitutes

14 Ben Purrington 6.3

22 Keenan Gough 7.4

27 Philip Sanyaolu 6.6

7 Shaqai Forde 5

9 Joe Quigley 6.1

32 Charlie Binns ↗