CREWE. Barrow beat Crewe Alexandra 3-1 thanks to B. Whitfield who scored in the 27th and 76th minute. Barrow got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Ben Whitfield (27′) and Gerard Garner (50′). Crewe Alexandra tried to recover with a goal from Elliott Nevitt (58′). Notwithstanding, the contest was closed by a goal (76′) scored by Ben Whitfield for Barrow. Crewe Alexandra was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Alexandra Stadium stadium in Crewe on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 7,646 spectators.​ The referee was Alan Young who was helped by Connor Brown and . The 4th official was Alan Clayton. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.01 degrees Celsius or 50.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crewe Alexandra had a superior ball possession 61% while Barrow was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Barrow was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Barrow won the match.​

Crewe Alexandra shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Barrow shot 11 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Crewe Alexandra received 4 yellow cards (Mickey Demetriou, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Conor Thomas and Elliott Nevitt). Talking about the opposition, Barrow received 4 yellow cards (Paul Farman, Tom White, Robbie Gotts and Kian Spence).

Standings

After this contest, Crewe Alexandra stays with 37 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Barrow will has 43 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra will play away with Walsall on the 26th of December with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Crewe Alexandra (10 draws).

Barrow will host Newport County on the 16th of September with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Barrow (2 draws).

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Lee Bell decided to play with the following team: Tom Booth (6.8), Lewis Billington (7.3), Mickey Demetriou (6.7), Zac Williams (6.6), Ryan Cooney (6.8), Conor Thomas (6.6), Rio Adebisi (7.7), Aaron Rowe (6.8), Shilow Tracey (6.7), Elliott Nevitt (6.4) and Courtney Baker-Richardson (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Harvey Davies, Zak Down, Calum Agius (7.0), Lewis Nolan, Nathan Robinson (6.7), Rhys Allport and Lucas Sant.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Player of the match: Rio Adebisi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Rio Adebisi.

His rating is 7.7 with 29 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Barrow – Formation

Barrow started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Peter Wild played with: Paul Farman (7.0), James Chester (7.0), George Ray (7.3), Niall Canavan (7.0), David Worrall (7.3), Kian Spence (7.0), Tom White (6.7), Sam Foley (6.3), Elliot Newby (6.6), Gerard Garner (7.1) and Ben Whitfield (8.9).

They had on the bench: Dean Campbell (6.8), Josh Lillis, Robbie Gotts (7.1), Dom Telford, Emile Acquah (7.0) and Rory Feely (6.8).

Substitutions

Barrow made 4 changes: Gerard Garner for Emile Acquah (69′), Kian Spence for Robbie Gotts (60′), Ben Whitfield for Rory Feely (79′) and Tom White for Dean Campbell (69′).

Player of the match: Ben Whitfield​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Barrow was Ben Whitfield.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Stockport County – Notts County – 2-1
• Forest Green Rovers – Gillingham – 0-0
• Doncaster Rovers – Bradford City – 1-3
• Crewe Alexandra – Barrow – 1-3
• Crawley Town – AFC Wimbledon – 1-2
• Colchester United – Salford City – 2-1