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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Walsall - August 23, 2008 / League One 2008/2009

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League One 2008/2009 - Round 3

Alexandra Stadium - Crewe - England

August 23, 2008

4 160

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 1

Walsall

Assist by Tom Pope (left foot) Anthony Elding

21'

Assist by Danny Woodards (left foot) Joel Grant

45'

59'

Stephen Hughes (left foot) Assist by Jabo Ibehre

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21' - Goal Anthony Elding21

45' - Goal Joel Grant45

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54' - Substitution Sofiane Zaaboubis substituted by Ishmel Demontagnac

59' - Goal Stephen Hughes

72' - Substitution Alex Nichollsis substituted by Troy Deeney

81' - Substitution Anthony Eldingis substituted by Clayton Donaldson81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 1

Walsall

Crewe Alexandra Walsall

Team line-ups

Crewe Alexandra

Collis

Steve Collis

England

B.date18/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Bailey

James Bailey

England

B.date18/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Defender

O'Donnell

Danny O'Donnell

England

B.date10/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Baudet

Julien Baudet

France

B.date13/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Jones

Billy Jones

England

B.date26/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Woodards

Danny Woodards

England

B.date07/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Grant45

Joel Grant

Jamaica

B.date26/08/1987

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Moore

Byron Moore

England

B.date24/08/1988

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

O'Connor

Michael O'Connor

Northern Ireland

B.date06/10/1987

Age20 years

H1m85

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Elding2181

Anthony Elding

England

B.date16/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Pope

Tom Pope

England

B.date27/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Collis		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Bailey		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny O'Donnell		22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julien Baudet		29	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Jones		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Woodards		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joel Grant	45	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Byron Moore		19	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael O'Connor		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Anthony Elding	2181	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Pope		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Walsall

Ince

Clayton Ince

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date12/07/1972

Age36 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Manny Smith

England

B.date08/11/1988

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Gerrard

Anthony Gerrard

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Zaaboub54

Sofiane Zaaboub

Algeria

B.date23/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Taundry

Richard Taundry

England

B.date15/02/1989

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Boertien

Paul Boertien

England

B.date20/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Hughes59

Stephen Hughes

England

B.date18/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nicholls72

Alex Nicholls

England

B.date09/12/1987

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Palmer

Chris Palmer

England

B.date16/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Reich

Marco Reich

Germany

B.date30/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ibehre

Jabo Ibehre

England

B.date28/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m94

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Clayton Ince		36	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Manny Smith		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Gerrard		22	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sofiane Zaaboub	54	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Taundry		19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes	59	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Nicholls	72	20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Palmer		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marco Reich		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jabo Ibehre		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Clayton Donaldson	81	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ishmel Demontagnac	54	20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Troy Deeney	72	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny O'Donnell

Chris McCready

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Holland

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Holland vs Walsall

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Holland vs Mullen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Mullen

Success rate in this team:

17 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Mullen vs Crewe Alexandra

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Mullen vs Holland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2008

Referee

Kevin Wright

3 victories	2 draws	5 losses	Crewe Alexandra10 matches	General total	Walsall11 matches	7 victories	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crewe Alexandra2 matches	Season total	Walsall2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 28, 2016					Latest figure on December 20, 2015

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Key figures

Crewe Alexandra keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Walsall in League One running (since 15/02/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Crewe Alexandra after 4 consecutive matches without a win in League One (since 26/04/2008).

It's the first time Joel Grant scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Hartlepool United22/03/2008

LCrewe Alexandra 1-3 Southend05/04/2008

VCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Cheltenham19/04/2008

LCrewe Alexandra 1-4 Oldham Athletic03/05/2008

LCrewe Alexandra 1-2 Brighton & Hove09/08/2008

VCrewe Alexandra 2-0 Barnsley12/08/2008

Overall

VCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Cheltenham19/04/2008

LBournemouth 1-0 Crewe Alexandra26/04/2008

LCrewe Alexandra 1-4 Oldham Athletic03/05/2008

LCrewe Alexandra 1-2 Brighton & Hove09/08/2008

VCrewe Alexandra 2-0 Barnsley12/08/2008

LCarlisle United 4-2 Crewe Alexandra16/08/2008

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Walsall15/03/2008

LLeeds United 2-0 Walsall22/03/2008

LSouthend 1-0 Walsall29/03/2008

VCheltenham 1-2 Walsall12/04/2008

LHuddersfield Town 2-0 Walsall26/04/2008

DYeovil 1-1 Walsall09/08/2008

Overall

LWalsall 1-3 Bournemouth19/04/2008

LHuddersfield Town 2-0 Walsall26/04/2008

DWalsall 2-2 Hartlepool United03/05/2008

DYeovil 1-1 Walsall09/08/2008

LWalsall 1-2 Darlington 1883-201212/08/2008

VWalsall 2-1 Scunthorpe United16/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	9
Scoring streak	6	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	6	15

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Chris McCready	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jabo Ibehre
Calvin Zola	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jabo Ibehre
Julien Baudet	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ishmel Demontagnac
Ben Rix	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Chris McCready	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Jabo Ibehre

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

2 d

3 l

23 gf

16 ga

Away

12 matches

2 v

4 d

6 l

18 gf

27 ga

Total

23 matches

8 v

6 d

9 l

41 gf

43 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

6 v

4 d

2 l

27 gf

18 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

2 d

6 l

16 gf

23 ga

Total

23 matches

9 v

6 d

8 l

43 gf

41 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 16, 1993
Home	5 - 1	May 16, 1993

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 26, 1895
Away	3 - 2	January 22, 2000

Latest head to head

March 24, 2008 - League One 2007/2008

Walsall

1 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

December 08, 2007 - League One 2007/2008

Crewe Alexandra

0 - 0

Walsall

February 07, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Walsall

1 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

August 25, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Crewe Alexandra

1 - 0

Walsall

December 26, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Walsall

2 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

Best historical scorers against Walsall

Rodney Jack	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Kenny Lunt	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Steve Jones	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Stephen Foster	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Nicky Maynard	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crewe Alexandra

Jorge Leitão	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Ian Roper	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Fitzroy Simpson	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Frédéric Biancalani	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Zigor Aranalde	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Kenny Lunt	5 matches	2001 - 2008
Ben Rix	4 matches	2001 - 2007
Stephen Foster	3 matches	2001 - 2004
Clayton Ince	3 matches	2001 - 2004
Dave Brammer	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Dean Ashton	3 matches	2001 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crewe Alexandra

Darren Wrack	6 matches	2001 - 2008
Jorge Leitão	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Zigor Aranalde	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Ian Roper	4 matches	2001 - 2008
Jimmy Walker	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Pedro Matías	3 matches	2001 - 2004