Newport County vs Crewe Alexandra live updates: Christopher Long scores opening goal in League Two match (0-1)

Live updates of the match played between Newport County and Crewe Alexandra on the 29th of December 2023 in Casnewyd during the 25th week of the League Two

Newport County vs Crewe Alexandra live updates: Christopher Long scores opening goal in League Two match (0-1)

CASNEWYD. Newport County and Crewe Alexandra are facing in the 25th round of the League Two.

Christopher Long has scored a goal in the 48th minute to give a 1-0 lead to Crewe Alexandra over Newport County.

Match Statistics

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 19 Total 22
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 10
  • 9 Shots blocked 8
  • 135 Attack 109
  • 65 Dangerous attack 34
  • 99 Ball safe 102
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 10 Total 6
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Crewe Alexandra was in firm control of the ball 56% while Newport County was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newport County was putting more pressure with dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target.

Newport County shot 7 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 15 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Christopher Long

Chris Long

Forwarder, Defender, Midfielder

EnglandEngland

Age: 29

179 cm

77 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 30 19 Missed
Minutes 1937 64.6 Avg
Goals 8 0.3 Avg
Assist 2 0.1 Avg
Attempt 25 0.8 Avg
Passes 288 9.663.6% AvgSucc
Yellow 5 0.2 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 17 times for 1284 minutes for League Two.

Christopher Long scored 7 goals for Crewe Alexandra. He procured one assist. He received 3 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 6th in League Two. In the last match Crewe Alexandra lost 2-0 against Walsall. The next match in League Two will be against Grimsby Town.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 2-0 for Walsall.

Newport County performance and stats

Newport County

Manager: Graham Coughlan
Rank 18th
Win 16
Draw 7
Loss 23
Goals 62-76
Diff -14

Newport County is currently 17th in the League Two with 29 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 6 times, drawn 7 times, and lost 11 times. In its last match, Newport County won 4-2 against Forest Green Rovers.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 36 goals and conceding 43.​

Newport County will play the next match in League Two against Barrow on Saturday 16th of September in Barrow-in-Furness.​

Crewe Alexandra performance and stats

Crewe Alexandra

Manager: Lee Bell
Rank 6th
Win 19
Draw 14
Loss 13
Goals 69-65
Diff 4

Crewe Alexandra is currently 6th in the League Two with 37 points.

In the last 23 games, it has won 10 times, drawn 7 times, and lost 6 times. In its last match, Crewe Alexandra lost 2-0 against Walsall.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 45 goals and conceding 38.​

Crewe Alexandra will play the next match in League Two against Bradford City on Monday 1st of January in Crewe. The prediction is Crewe Alexandra winning the match.​