MANSFIELD. Crewe Alexandra conquers Mansfield Town 1-0 after J. White scored just 1 goal (2′). Mansfield Town was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the One Call Stadium stadium in Mansfield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 7,925 spectators. The referee was Marc Edwards with the support of Christopher Ward and Daniel Woodward. The 4th official was Daniel Robinson.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 21 Total 12
- 3 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 6
- 9 Shots blocked 4
- 166 Attack 73
- 84 Dangerous attack 25
- 125 Ball safe 120
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Mansfield Town was in firm control of the ball 68% while Crewe Alexandra was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mansfield Town was more pushing with 84 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Crewe Alexandra found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Mansfield Town shot 21 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards (George Maris and Aden Flint). On the opposite side, Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards (Conor Thomas and Shilow Tracey).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Mansfield Town stays with 49 points like Wrexham to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Crewe Alexandra will has 44 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Mansfield Town will play away with Morecambe on the 13th of January with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Mansfield Town (4 draws).
Crewe Alexandra will host Swindon Town on the 13th of January with a 11-9 head to head in favor of Swindon Town (6 draws).
Mansfield Town – Formation
Mansfield Town started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Nigel Clough decided to play with the following team: Christy Pym , Jordan Bowery , Aden Flint , Baily Cargill , Stephen McLaughlin , Louis Reed , Lewis Brunt , Davis Keillor-Dunn , George Maris , Stephen Quinn and Lucas Akins .
The home team had on the bench: Ollie Clarke , Scott Flinders, Aaron Lewis , George Williams, Will Swan , McKeal Abdullah and Hiram Boateng.
Substitutions
Mansfield Town made 3 changes: Stephen McLaughlin for Will Swan (83′), Stephen Quinn for Aaron Lewis (67′) and George Maris for Ollie Clarke (68′).
Player of the match: Louis Reed
The most impressive player for Mansfield Town was Louis Reed.
His rating is with 112 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.
Crewe Alexandra – Formation
Crewe Alexandra started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Lee Bell played with: Tom Booth , Lewis Billington , Connor O’Riordan , Luke Offord , Mickey Demetriou , Rio Adebisi , Aaron Rowe , Joe White , Conor Thomas , Courtney Baker-Richardson and Christopher Long .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Harvey Davies, Ryan Cooney , Shilow Tracey , Elliott Nevitt , Zak Down, Calum Agius and Nathan Robinson.
Crewe Alexandra could not rely on the presence of Shilow Tracey (injured) and Elliott Nevitt (injured).
Substitutions
Crewe Alexandra made 3 changes: Joe White for Shilow Tracey (79′), Christopher Long for Elliott Nevitt (51′) and Conor Thomas for Ryan Cooney (63′).
Player of the match: Joe White
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Joe White.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (90% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Swindon Town – Colchester United – 2-2
- Salford City – Forest Green Rovers – 2-2
- Mansfield Town – Crewe Alexandra – 0-1
- Harrogate Town – Doncaster Rovers – 3-1
- Bradford City – Crawley Town – 2-4
- Barrow – Tranmere Rovers – 1-0