Shooting From Range
Aston Villa U21
Aston Villa U21 could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 64% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 9 of 14
- Share
- 64%
EFL Trophy · Group North · 2
Crewe
Luke Offord 31'
Adrien thibaut 40'
Jack Lankester 48', 88'
4 – 1
FT
HT 2–0
Aston Villa U21
max jenner 85'
EFL Trophy
Group North · 2Crewe4–1Aston Villa U21
7
Shots in the box
5
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
31′40′48′85′88′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Crewe 4-1 Aston Villa U21
Crewe were far too strong for Aston Villa U21 4-1 at Alexandra Stadium in EFL Trophy. Offord opened the scoring for Crewe on 31', thibaut made it 2-0 to Crewe on 40', Lankester made it 3-0 to Crewe on 48', jenner pulled one back for Aston Villa U21 on 85' and Lankester added his second on 88'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Crewe took 7 of their 14 attempts inside the box, Aston Villa U21 5 of 14.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Aston Villa U21 graded out for shooting from range — 9 of 14 shots from range. Crewe graded out for set-piece siege — 10 corners.
J. Lankester came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.9 for Crewe from 2 goals and 3 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 39 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Crewe conceding the most free-kicks (27).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
48%Possession52%
14Shots14
What the numbers say
3 readsLate Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Crewe scored on 88′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 88′
Set-Piece Siege
Crewe
Crewe turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 10 corners.
- Corners
- 10
- Opponent
- 4
Timeline
Owen lunt
Foul
🟨11'
Luke Offord — assist: Calum·Agius
⚽31'
Patrick Mlynarski ↑ Owen lunt ↓
🔄34'
Adrien thibaut
⚽40'
L. Billington ↑ Luke Offord ↓
🔄45'
Half-time
Jack Lankester — assist: Stan Dancey
⚽48'
Ryan Chadwick ↑ Adrien thibaut ↓
🔄60'
Joel Ewusi ↑ Kyle Ure ↓
🔄60'
🟨62'
Leon Routh
Foul
🔄63'
V. Hayward ↑ Rodrigo Fortes ↓
🔄63'
Teddie Bloomfield ↑ Leon Routh ↓
🔄63'
Vincely Mudame ↑ Theodore Carroll ↓
🔄63'
Lennon Melmuish ↑ Woody Burgess ↓
🔄64'
Lennon Moss ↑ T. Mulley ↓
L. Billington
Foul
🟨65'
Jordan Gibson ↑ Charlie McNeill ↓
🔄67'
⚽85'
max jenner
Jack Lankester — assist: Jordan Gibson
⚽88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAlexandra Stadium, Crewe
RefereeN. Smith
CompetitionEFL Trophy
Season2026
RoundGroup North · 2
StatusMatch Finished