Stockport County defeats Altrincham 4-1

ALTRINCHAM. Stockport County had a comfortable win over Altrincham.

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Stockport County defeats Altrincham 4-1

ALTRINCHAM. Stockport County had a smooth win over Altrincham. Stockport County was just to good to grab a decisive 4-0 lead with A. Sarcevic (6′), W. Collar (44′), P. Madden (50′) and R. Croasdale (67′). Altrincham reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 3′) by A. Leitch-Smith, but there was not much to do for them. Stockport County capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the The J. Davidson Stadium stadium in Altrincham on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Lewis Smith. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.7 degrees Celsius or 36.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Altrincham

1 - 4

Team 1

Stockport County

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 6 Total 17
  • 3 On Target 7
  • 3 Off Target 10
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 76 Attack 90
  • 23 Dangerous attack 43
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Stockport County had a strong ball possession 60% while Altrincham was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stockport County was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Stockport County won the encounter.​

Altrincham shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Stockport County shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Altrincham received 1 yellow card (A. White). On the opposite side, Stockport County received 2 yellow cards (L. Hogan and M. Southam).

Match Timeline

6'
Antoni Sarcevic(goal)
44'
Will Collar(goal)
49'
50'
Paddy Madden(penalty)
55'
58'
Ben Pringle- sub ->D. Mooney
61'
67'
Ryan Croasdale(goal)
67'
74'
Oliver Crankshaw- sub ->P. Madden
80'
86'
89'
Macauley Southam- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
94
44
Wrexham
88
44
Solihull Moors
87
44
Halifax Town
84
44
Notts County
82
44
Grimsby Town
77
44
Chesterfield
74
44
Dagenham & Redbridge
73
44
Boreham Wood
67
44
Bromley
67
44
Torquay United
66
44
Yeovil Town
59
44
Southend United
58
44
Altrincham
55
44
Woking
53
44
Wealdstone
53
44
Maidenhead United
51
44
Barnet
50
44
Eastleigh
46
44
Aldershot Town
43
44
King\'s Lynn Town
34
44
Weymouth
28
44
Dover Athletic
1
44

After this match, Altrincham will stay with 26 points to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Stockport County will have 39 points like Dagenham & Redbridge and Wrexham to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the National League, Altrincham will host Torquay United on the 22nd of January with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Torquay United (4 draws).

Stockport County will host Chesterfield on the 8th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Stockport County (3 draws).

Altrincham – Formation

Altrincham
G
Tony Thompson 1.England
D
Andy White 20.England
55' 49'
D
Jamie Morgan 19.England
M
Jake Moult 6.England
M
Tom Hannigan 5.England
M
Joshua Hancock 10.England
M
Toby Mullarkey 25.England
M
Elliot Osborne 8.England
F
Ryan Colclough 11.England
67'
F
Kennedy Digie 18.England
F
Dan Mooney 7.Wales
61'
Substitutes
M
S. Densmore 2.England
55'
M
Ben Pringle 17.England
61'
M
D. Furman 28.South Africa
F
A. Leitch-Smith 27.England
67' Goals90'
F
Jordan Hulme 29.England

The manager Phil Parkinson decided to play with the following team: A. Thompson, A. White, J. Morgan, J. Moult, T. Hannigan, J. Hancock, T. Mullarkey, E. Osborne, R. Colclough, K. Digie and D. Mooney.

The home team had on the bench: S. Densmore, B. Pringle, A. Leitch-Smith, D. Furman and J. Hulme.

Substitutions

Altrincham made 3 changes: A. White for S. Densmore (55′), D. Mooney for B. Pringle (61′) and R. Colclough for A. Leitch-Smith (67′).

Stockport County – Formation

Stockport County
G
Ben Hinchliffe 1.England
D
Ashley Palmer 5.England
D
Liam Hogan  4.England
58'
D
Mark Kitching 3.England
74'
M
Macauley Southam 7.Wales
89'
M
Ryan Rydel 17.England
M
Antoni Sarcevic 23.England
Goals6'
M
Ryan Croasdale 18.England
Goals67'
M
Will Collar 14.England
Goals44'
F
Paddy Madden 9.Republic of Ireland
80' Goals50'
F
Scott Quigley 22.England
86'
Substitutes
D
Ryan Johnson 15.Northern Ireland
74'
D
Sam Minihan 2.England
M
Oliver Crankshaw 27.England
80'
M
John Rooney 8.England
F
Connor Jennings 11.England
86'

Dave Challinor played with: B. Hinchliffe, A. Palmer, L. Hogan, M. Kitching, M. Southam-Hales, R. Rydel, A. Sarcevic, R. Croasdale, W. Collar, P. Madden and S. Quigley.

The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Johnson, O. Crankshaw, C. Jennings, S. Minihan and J. Rooney.

Substitutions

Stockport County made 3 changes: M. Kitching for R. Johnson (74′), P. Madden for O. Crankshaw (80′) and S. Quigley for C. Jennings (86′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the National League.​