Bristol Rovers vs Crewe Alexandra · League Two
Bristol Rovers
10-4-21
2 – 1
FT
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Crewe Alexandra
16-8-12
Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
Bristol Rovers fought back to win 2-1 against Crewe Alexandra at Memorial Stadium (crowd 7,924). Alfie Pond scored first for Crewe at the 17-minute mark and Tommy Leigh brought Bristol Rovers level late on, at 87 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Tommy Leigh just three minutes after that. The game had seven bookings. With 57% of possession, Bristol Rovers had 15 attempts against 15 from Crewe. From 15 shots, Crewe found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League Two England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Two, Regular Season
- Ground
- Memorial Stadium · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 7,924
- Referee
- Edward Duckworth
- Bristol Rovers form
- LLLLD
- Crewe form
- LWWLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Rovers | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Crewe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
8Fouls13
3Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks7
2Saves0
57.1%Possession42.9%
15Shots15
2On Goal3
10%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
8Blocked Shots11
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🟨Clinton Mola
90'+6'
90'+6'
🟨Omar Bogle
🟨Kofi Balmer
90'+6'
90'+5'
🟨James Connolly
⚽Tommy Leigh
90'+2'2 - 1
⚽Tommy Leigh
87'1 - 1
84'
🟨Max Sanders
🔁Luke Thomasreplacing Richard Smallwood
78'
73'
🔁Jack Lankesterreplacing Tommi O'Reilly
63'
🔁Omar Boglereplacing Josh March
62'
🔁Calum Agiusreplacing Jack Powell
62'
🔁Max Sandersreplacing Conor Thomas
🔁Tommy Leighreplacing Kane Thompson-Sommers
45'
🔁Fabrizio Cavegnreplacing Ellis Harrison
45'
🔁Ryan De Havillandreplacing Yusuf Akhamrich
45'
Half-time · 0-1
🟨Ellis Harrison
33'
30'
🟨Lewis Billington
17'0 - 1
⚽Alfie Pond
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol Rovers4-4-2
19🟨↓Harrison
27Quigley
6🟨Mola
14↓Thompson-Sommers
36↓Smallwood
10↓Akhamrich
3Sparkes
5Kilgour
2Senior
17🟨Balmer
13Young
Bench
- 29Fabrizio Cavegnon for Ellis Harrison, 45'
- 15Ryan De Havillandon for Yusuf Akhamrich, 45'
- 11Luke Thomason for Richard Smallwood, 78'
- 12Tom Lockyer
- 24Tommy Leighon for Kane Thompson-Sommers, 45' ⚽⚽
- 1Luke Southwood
- 35Mees Rijks
Crewe Alexandra3-4-2-1
24↓March
17Holícek
26↓O'Reilly
3Hutchinson
23↓Powell
2🟨Billington
8↓Thomas
25⚽Pond
5Demetriou
18🟨Connolly
41Lawlor
Bench
- 6Max Sanderson for Conor Thomas, 62' 🟨
- 7Jack Lankesteron for Tommi O'Reilly, 73'
- 20Calum Agiuson for Jack Powell, 62'
- 1Tom Booth
- 29Adrien Thibaut
- 14Charlie Finney
- 9Omar Bogleon for Josh March, 63' 🟨
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salford City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | +9 | 28 |
| 2 |  Barnet | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 3 |  Cheltenham Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 |  Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 |  York City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 |  Walsall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | +7 | 19 |
| 7 |  Chesterfield | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 19 |
| 8 |  Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | +6 | 18 |
| 10 |  Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Grimsby Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 17 |
| 12 |  Gillingham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 |  Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 |  Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 |  Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Newport County | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 |  Rochdale | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 |  Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 |  Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 |  Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 |  Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 22 |  Rotherham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 23 |  Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 24 |  Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
Meetings
1Bristol Rovers wins
1Level
3Crewe wins
Last times they met
FT
Crewe
1–1
Bristol Rovers · 2025-26 English League Two
FT
Crewe
2–4
Bristol Rovers · 2023-24 English FA Cup
FT
Bristol Rovers
0–1
Crewe · 2020-21 English League One
FT
Crewe
3–2
Bristol Rovers · 2020-21 English League One
FT
Crewe
3–0
Bristol Rovers · 2011/12 English League Two
Form
Last games: Bristol Rovers
L3-2L3-1L2-0W3-1D1-1
Last games: Crewe
W1-0W1-0L1-0W2-1W2-1
