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Crewe Thrash Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park
Birkenhead, England – Crewe Alexandra delivered a dominant performance at Prenton Park, overcoming Tranmere Rovers in a League Two matchday 20 clash. Despite Tranmere enjoying a significant share of possession (65%), Crewe proved far more effective in front of goal, converting their chances with conviction.
The match started with a goal from M. H. Sanders for Crewe in the 17th minute, assisted by T. O’Reilly, setting the tone for the game. Sanders himself extended the lead just before halftime, again assisted by O’Reilly. The first half also saw several yellow cards, including cautions for C. Norman and N. Smith of Tranmere, and A. Thibaut of Crewe.
After the break, Crewe continued to press, and E. Tezgel scored from the penalty spot in the 59th minute, further increasing the advantage. T. O’Reilly capped off an excellent individual performance with a goal in the 71st minute, this time assisted by Sanders. An own goal by J. Connolly in the 82nd minute offered some consolation to Tranmere, but it was not enough to change the course of the game. Tranmere accumulated a total of four yellow cards during the match. Despite having 18 shots, only five were on target. Crewe, with less possession and shots, demonstrated greater precision and effectiveness in attack.
Substitutions tranmere: at minute 46 C. Norman came in and J. Turnbull went out., at minute 46 P. Brough came in and T. Harris went out., at minute 66 J. Ironside came in and C. Jennings went out., at minute 66 J. Joseph came in and A. McGowan went out., at minute 74 K. Dennis came in and J. Davison went out.
Substitutions crewe: at minute 75 J. March came in and D. Rankine went out., at minute 75 M. H. Sanders came in and J. Powell went out., at minute 81 A. Thibaut came in and L. Moult went out., at minute 89 T. O’Reilly came in and S. Dancey went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Tranmere
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