Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Stockport County 3–1 Crewe Alexandra

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.8 – 0.9
Actual xG
2.1 – 1.3
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot made Stockport County favourites at 57%.

Stockport County won and made the better chances: 2.1 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Corey O'Keeffe, 55.1 in 61′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Stockport County

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Crewe Alexandra

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Stockport County

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Corey O'Keeffe Defender6100–55.1–
Ethan Pye Defender9000–53.5–
Jid Okeke Midfielder29000.0552.9–
Kyle Wootton Forward60100.3149.4–
Nathan Lowe Forward76100.8348.4–
Odin Bailey Midfielder90000.4446.8–
Lewis Fiorini Midfielder90100.1045.6–
Oliver Norwood Midfielder61000.0241.6–
Che Gardner Midfielder3001–41.5–
Callum Connolly Midfielder90000.1141.1–
Jack Diamond Forward30000.0538.8–
Jayden Fevrier Forward2900–38.2–
Arian Allen Forward14000.0835.3–
Danny Andrew Defender90000.0727.9–
Owen Dodgson Defender60020.0323.6–

Crewe Alexandra

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Tommi O'Reilly Midfielder28000.4367.2–
Lewis Billington Defender2901–65.4–
Oliver Armstrong Midfielder2800–65.3–
Emre Tezgel Forward90100.7651.9–
James Golding Defender6100–50.0–
Sam Waller Goalkeeper9000–49.6–
Calum Agius Midfielder2800–49.3–
Luca Moore Midfielder90000.0447.1–
Jordan Hodkin Forward1900–45.2–
James Connolly Defender6200–44.5–
Jack Powell Midfielder90000.0243.8–
Owen Lunt Midfielder6200–40.7–
Adrien Thibaut Forward62000.0637.1–
Charlie Finney Defender7100–35.5–
Stan Dancey Defender90000.0333.0–