[ 14 Feb 26 ] Crewe Alexandra v GILLS Match Thread

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- Just 11 of the 60 meetings between Crewe and the Gills have ended in draws. The Gills have won 24 with 1 win in 5, the last being the reverse fixture back in August. Crewe have won 25 including 2 of the last 5 with the most recent being this fixture last season.
- The home sides have kept clean sheets in the last 5 meetings (1 win for the Gills, 2 for Crewe and 2 scoreless draws). The Gills are winless in 4 visits to Crewe, losing 3 of them and each by a 0-2 scoreline, since their last win there in November 2020.
- The Gills only drew 6 of their opening 20 league and cup games but have drawn 7 of the 14 since. Crewe only drew 1 of their opening 20 league games before drawing 8 of the 17 played since.
- Crewe are unbeaten in 4 league games home and away and have lost 1 of their last 8 (4 wins). After losing 3 out of 4 home games in the division, Crewe have since gone unbeaten in 9 home league matches and have won 5 of them (including 3 of their previous 4 games).
- Crewe have taken 16 home leads from their 15 home games and only league-leaders Bromley have taken more (17). They have taken a single lead in each of their last 5 home games and took 2 leads in 4 of the 6 games before them. Crewe have only conceded 6 leads at home including none in their previous 6.
- Crewe have scored the first home goal most often of any League 2 side, scoring the opener in 11 of their 15 home games (winning 7 and losing 1). They have only conceded the first goal in 4, the joint best total in the division (winning 1 and losing 2).
- The Gills have the worst foul difference in League 2 - conceding 74 more than they had won - however, they had only conceded 25 in the last 3 games. Most fouls occur in games involving Crewe (824) and they have won the most in the division (445 and an average of 14.4 per game) with 37 coming in their last 3 games.

[Sat 14th February 2026] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Crewe Alexandra v Gillingham FC
Opposition Manager: Lee Bell Matchday Team: Ian Lawlor, Lewis Billington, Alfie Pond, [c] Mickey Demetriou, Reece Hutchinson, Conor Thomas (Owen Lunt), Jack Powell (James Connolly), Tommi O'Reilly (Luca Moore), Matúš Holícek (Omar Bogle), Calum Agius, Josh March (Adrien Thibaut)
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (10th)
Referee: Martin Coy
Attendance: 4,972 (399)

(15:01) Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]
(15.24) Good spot by Hale to find McKenzie through the middle. Robbie shoots from distance and it's just wide.
(15.26) Crewe have a free kick that deflects off the wall. It falls to Agius who shoots narrowly wide.
(15.29) Good defending by Mckenzie to get between man and ball so that Morris can gather before the Crewe man can shoot.
(15.31) McCleary plays in Hale on the right and he scuffs his shot a little from a good angle and it's cleared.
(15.46) Three minutes will be added.
(15.47) Good header from Vokes as a corner comes in and the 'keeper claws it away well for another corner.
(15.49) Half time 0-0

(16.04) The second half kicks off.
(16.09) Max Clark has an effort cleared away close to the goalline before he returns the rebound and finds it blocked.
(16.21) Good save from Vokes and it's anther corner.
(16.23) GOAL! Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Gillingham: Thibaut
(16.32) Solo run by O'Reilly forces a good stop from Morris.
(16.49) The 4th official signals for an additional 5 minutes.
(16.55) FULL TIME 1-0

Gills' League Position After Game: 14th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c1d65gew66zt
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI2tOELEFiU