Daniel Agyei’s first half penalty ended Swindon’s five-match unbeaten run as Crewe Alexandra won at the County Ground.
Luke Offord’s timely intervention just about kept Crewe level when Remeao Hutton got beyond his defender and delivered a dangerous cross to the back post towards Jacob Wakeling but the defender nipped in ahead of him to turn it behind.
Crewe took the lead after 23 minutes from the spot as Lachlan Brook was brought down in the area before Agyei coolly dispatched his penalty.
In the 50th minute, Ellis Iandolo had two chances to get Swindon level after he was picked out with a cross. His first shot was parried back to him before his first-time volley flew over the top.
The crossbar came to Crewe’s rescue when Ben Gladwin played an inch-perfect cross onto the head of Luke Jephcott, only for his close-range header to strike the woodwork.
Hutton stood a cross up for Wakeling in the middle late on but he couldn’t keep his header down.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Swindon
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Brynn
- 34BrennanBooked at 40minsSubstituted forLavinierat 82′minutes
- 26HarriesSubstituted forBaudryat 29′minutes
- 20Blake-Tracy
- 2Hutton
- 7GladwinSubstituted forReedat 90+5′minutes
- 23Khan
- 10Darcy
- 3IandoloBooked at 90mins
- 15JephcottSubstituted forAdeloyeat 82′minutes
- 24Wakeling
Substitutes
- 5Reed
- 6Baudry
- 9Adeloye
- 17Aguiar
- 22Lavinier
- 33Roberts
- 41Copland
Crewe
Formation 4-3-2-1
- 13Okonkwo
- 2Mellor
- 6Offord
- 22Sass-Davies
- 21Uwakwe
- 17BrookSubstituted forMcDonaldat 54′minutes
- 8Thomas
- 20KingBooked at 30minsSubstituted forAdebisiat 74′minutes
- 25TabinerSubstituted forColkettat 82′minutes
- 19Sambou
- 11Agyei
Substitutes
- 1Richards
- 3Adebisi
- 4Williams
- 5McDonald
- 12Griffiths
- 14Finney
- 16Colkett
- Referee:
- Andrew Kitchen
- Attendance:
- 8,734
Live Text
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Match ends, Swindon Town 0, Crewe Alexandra 1.
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Second Half ends, Swindon Town 0, Crewe Alexandra 1.
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Attempt saved. Louis Reed (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
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Substitution, Swindon Town. Louis Reed replaces Ben Gladwin.
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Jacob Wakeling (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tariq Uwakwe (Crewe Alexandra).
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Ellis Iandolo (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Ronan Darcy (Swindon Town).
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Luke Offord (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Ronan Darcy (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saidou Khan.
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Kelvin Mellor.
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Attempt missed. Billy Sass-Davies (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tariq Uwakwe with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Marcel Lavinier.
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Substitution, Swindon Town. Marcel Lavinier replaces Ciaran Brennan.
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Substitution, Swindon Town. Tomi Adeloye replaces Luke Jephcott.
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Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Colkett replaces Joel Tabiner.
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Attempt missed. Jacob Wakeling (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Remeao Hutton with a cross.
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Frazer Blake-Tracy (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Bassala Sambou (Crewe Alexandra).
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Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Rio Adebisi replaces Eli King.
