Morecambe prevails over Crewe Alexandra after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CREWE. Morecambe had a fantastic comeback against Crewe Alexandra.

March 3, 2024

CREWE. Morecambe had a astounding comeback against Crewe Alexandra. Crewe Alexandra was much better in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Alexandra Stadium stadium in Crewe on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 4,995 spectators. The referee was Farai Hallam with the support of Thomas Harty and Danny Gratton. The 4th official was Simon Mather. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.7 degrees Celsius or 36.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.

Match Statistics

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 3

Morecambe

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

26 Total 6
10 On Target 4
9 Off Target 2
7 Shots blocked 1

121 Attack 81
53 Dangerous attack 30
148 Ball safe 145

0 Penalties 0
11 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

8 Total 11
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Crewe Alexandra had a superior ball possession 64% while Morecambe was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crewe Alexandra was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 10 were on target. Even so, Morecambe found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

Crewe Alexandra shot 26 times, 10 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Morecambe shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards (Mickey Demetriou and Rio Adebisi). Talking about the opposition, Morecambe received 3 yellow cards (Joel Senior, Jordy Hiwula and Christopher Stokes).

Match Timeline

Elliott Nevitt(goal)

18'

Rio Adebisi- Yellow

25'

Shilow Tracey(goal)Matus Holicek

49'

Mickey Demetriou- Yellow

58'

Chris Stokes- Yellow

62'

Jordy Hiwula- sub ->Gwion Edwards

62'

Jordan Slew- sub ->Christopher Stokes

Courtney Baker-Richardson- sub ->Elliott Nevitt

63'

Aaron Rowe- sub ->Shilow Tracey

63'

68'

Joel Senior- Yellow

69'

Joe Adams(goal)Jordy Hiwula

72'

Jordy Hiwula- Yellow

73'

Charlie Brown- sub ->Gerard Garner

74'

Jordan Slew(goal)

73'

Jacob Davenport- sub ->Yann Songo\'o

Lewis Leigh- sub ->Charlie Kirk

75'

Mickey Demetriou(own-goal)

83'

90'

Kayden Harrack- sub ->Max Melbourne

Zac Williams- sub ->Matus Holicek

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Crewe Alexandra stays with 61 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Morecambe will has 51 points to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra will play away with Doncaster Rovers on the 9th of March with a 8-8 head to head record.

Morecambe will host Crawley Town on the 5th of March with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Morecambe (4 draws).

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra

Harvey Davies 1.England

6.3

Rio Adebisi 3.England

7.0

25'

Mickey Demetriou 5.England

7.3

58'

Ed Turns 12.Wales

7.1

Lewis Billington 28.England

6.3

Conor Thomas 8.England

7.0

Shilow Tracey 10.England

7.1

63'

49'

Matus Holicek 17.Slovakia

6.4

90'

Josh Austerfield 25.England

7.5

Charlie Kirk 30.England

7.7

75'

Elliott Nevitt 20.England

7.3

63'

18'

Substitutes

Tom Booth 13.England

Keiren Westwood 27.Republic of Ireland

Ryan Cooney 2.England

Zac Williams 4.Wales

6.8

90'

Lewis Leigh 14.England

6.7

75'

Aaron Rowe 21.England

6.8

63'

Courtney Baker-Richardson 9.England

6.6

63'

Crewe Alexandra started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Lee Bell decided to play with the following team: Harvey Davies (6.3), Lewis Billington (6.3), Ed Turns (7.1), Mickey Demetriou (7.3), Rio Adebisi (7.0), Conor Thomas (7.0), Josh Austerfield (7.5), Shilow Tracey (7.1), Matus Holicek (6.4), Charlie Kirk (7.7) and Elliott Nevitt (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ryan Cooney, Zac Williams (6.8), Courtney Baker-Richardson (6.6), Tom Booth, Lewis Leigh (6.7), Aaron Rowe (6.8) and Kieren Westwood.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made 4 changes: Matus Holicek for Zac Williams (90′), Shilow Tracey for Aaron Rowe (63′), Elliott Nevitt for Courtney Baker-Richardson (63′) and Charlie Kirk for Lewis Leigh (75′).

Player of the match: Charlie Kirk

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Charlie Kirk.

His rating is 7.7 with 35 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Morecambe – Formation

Morecambe

Archie Mair 30.Scotland

7.9

Jacob Bedeau 4.Grenada

7.0

Farrend Rawson 5.England

7.5

Chris Stokes 15.England

6.8

62'

58'

Yann Songo'o 6.Cameroon

6.7

73'

Joe Adams 8.England

7.8

69'

Joel Senior 12.England

7.0

68'

Gwion Edwards 19.Wales

6.4

62'

Max Melbourne 23.England

7.3

90'

Nelson Khumbeni 38.England

6.8

Gerard Garner 9.England

6.8

73'

Substitutes

Adam Smith 21.England

Kayden Harrack 22.Grenada

7.0

90'

Jacob Davenport 16.England

7.5

73'

Julian Larsson 11.Sweden

Jordan Slew 14.England

7.3

62'

74'

Charlie Brown 20.England

6.8

73'

Jordy Hiwula 39.England

7.0

62'

72'

Morecambe started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Ged Brannan played with: A. Mair (7.9), Farrend Rawson (7.5), Christopher Stokes (6.8), Jacob Bedeau (7.0), Joel Senior (7.0), Yann Songo’o (6.7), Nelson Khumbeni (6.8), Max Melbourne (7.3), Joe Adams (7.8), Gerard Garner (6.8) and Gwion Edwards (6.4).

They had on the bench: Julian Larsson, Jordan Slew (7.3), Jacob Davenport (7.5), Charlie Brown (6.8), Adam Smith, Kayden Harrack (7.0) and Jordy Hiwula (7.0).

Morecambe could not rely on the presence of Kayden Harrack (injured).

Substitutions

Morecambe made 5 changes: Yann Songo’o for Jacob Davenport (73′), Gerard Garner for Charlie Brown (73′), Max Melbourne for Kayden Harrack (90′), Gwion Edwards for Jordy Hiwula (62′) and Christopher Stokes for Jordan Slew (62′).