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Crewe — Northampton Town FC: 1:0, League Two

League Two
Crewe L25 Aug · Away Barnsley · 2:3D29 Aug · Away Port Vale · 0:0D1 Sep · Home Walsall · 2:2D5 Sep · Home York · 1:1D12 Sep · Away Colchester · 1:1D19 Sep · Home Shrewsbury · 1:1
1:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Northampton Town FC L22 Aug · Away Crewe · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Gillingham · 1:1D1 Sep · Home Crawley Town · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Newport County AFC · 1:0L12 Sep · Away Shrewsbury · 0:2L19 Sep · Home Rotherham United · 0:1
Venue: Gresty Road (Mornflake Stadium) City: Crewe

In the League Two game on 22 August 2026, Crewe beat Northampton Town FC 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 3:6, corners 7:6.

Match report

Crewe secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Northampton Town in League Two's second round of fixtures on Saturday. The result moved the hosts up to fourth in the table while the visitors remain rooted in eighteenth place.

Josh March proved decisive, finding the net in the fifty-third minute after a period of sustained pressure. He added a second goal just sixty seconds later, though the match record shows only one goal credited to Crewe's name.

Northampton pushed for an equaliser but struggled to convert their dominance into clear-cut chances. The visitors made three substitutions by the eightieth minute, bringing on Logan Briggs and Harvey Saunders in an attempt to find a way through.

The statistics tell a familiar story: Northampton registered thirteen shots against Crewe's five, yet the hosts took their opportunities. Possession was evenly split at 49 to 51 per cent, but shots on target told a different tale with six for the visitors compared to three for Crewe.

Comeback football rarely rewards patience, and Northampton's inability to score from their abundance of chances left them frustrated. Crewe's four-game unbeaten run extended with this result, while the visitors have now dropped points in every match this season.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51
Shots on target 3 – 6
Shots off target 2 – 7
Attacks 75 – 110

Match events

  1. 37' Crewe Yellow card Josh March
  2. 53' Crewe Goal Josh March
  3. 54' Crewe Goal J. March
  4. 66' Northampton Town FC Substitution Logan Briggs off: Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh
  5. 67' Northampton Town FC Substitution Harvey Saunders off: Elliot List
  6. 75' Crewe Substitution Joel Tabiner off: Kyle Ure
  7. 75' Crewe Substitution Jack Lankester off: Charlie McNeill
  8. 77' Northampton Town FC Substitution Matty Warhurst off: Sam Hoskins
  9. 87' Northampton Town FC Yellow card Lee Evans
  10. 90' Crewe Substitution Jordan Gibson off: Adrien Thibaut

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51
3 Shots on target 6
2 Shots off target 7
75 Attacks 110
7 Corners 6
14 Fouls 12
12 Free kicks 14
1 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
8 Goal kicks 6
18 Throw-ins 20
All statistics
1 Blocked shots 2
92 Failed passes 79
6 Goalkeeper saves 2
0.50 Shot accuracy 0.40
3 Shots from outside the box 4
3 Shots inside the box 11
444 Total passes 455

Line-ups

Crewe

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Tom Booth 1
2 Lewis Billington 2
3 Reece Christopher Hutchinson 3
6 Luke Offord 6
12 Joshua Stevenson 12
11 Joel Tabiner 11
14 Jordan Lewis Gibson 14
17 Matúš Holíček 17
20 Calum Agius 20
7 Jack Richard Lankester 7
9 Josh March 9
Substitutes
# Player number
31 Luke Thomas 31
22 Phil Crocker 22
30 Stan Dancy 30
32 L. Moore 32
23 Charlie McNell 23
29 Adrien Thibault 29
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Northampton Town FC

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Zachary Anton John Jeacock 1
3 James Maxwell 3
5 Jonathan Neil Guthrie 5
6 Elliott Moore 6
44 Janoi Denzil Naieme Donacien 44
8 Lee Evans 8
14 Tyrese Momodu Fornah 14
20 Logan Briggs 20
24 Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 24
9 Mattie Warhurst 9
32 Harvey Read Saunders 32
Substitutes
# Player number
34 Ross Alan Richard Frank Fitzsimons 34
16 Joe Wormleighton 16
35 Max Dyche 35
4 Joe O'Brien Whitmarsh 4
21 Jack Perkins 21
7 Sam Hoskins 7
10 Elliott Ricardo Wignal List 10
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