Matchday

EFL Cup 26/27, Round 1 · 8 Aug 2026

Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Accrington Stanley

Expected and what happened

No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.

Expected xG
–
Actual xG
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Goals
2 – 1

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Mickey Demetriou, 70.0 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Crewe Alexandra

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Accrington Stanley

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Crewe Alexandra

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Mickey Demetriou Defender9000–70.0–
Luca Moore Midfielder810–60.8–
Jordan Gibson Midfielder8200–50.8–
Tom Booth Goalkeeper9000–49.1–
Reece Hutchinson Defender9000–48.2–
Matúš Holíček Midfielder9000–43.4–
Luke Offord Defender9000–40.3–
Joel Tabiner Midfielder2800–39.9–
Calum Agius Midfielder9000–38.6–
Jack Lankester Midfielder6210–36.6–
Josh March Forward9000–36.4–
Joe White Midfielder7200–32.0–
Lewis Billington Defender9001–31.7–
Adrien Thibaut Forward1800–27.0–

Accrington Stanley

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Charlie Brown Midfielder1100–96.2–
Donald Love Defender9000–59.5–
Freddie Sass Defender1100–56.7–
Joseph Anderson Defender9000–54.2–
Devon Matthews Defender5900–47.3–
Alex Henderson Midfielder6200–46.8–
Cole Stockton Forward6200–46.5–
Connor O'Brien Midfielder9000–44.9–
Farrend Rawson Defender9010–43.2–
Tom Moore Defender3100–43.0–
Seamus Conneely Midfielder7900–40.3–
Stefan Mols Midfielder2801–38.1–
Louie Moulden Goalkeeper9000–37.8–
Josh Woods Forward9000–37.7–
Charlie Caton Forward2800–37.1–
David Tutonda Defender7900–33.7–