Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town

First-half goals from Kaiyne Woolery, Amine Linganzi and Luke Norris saw Swindon beat Crewe Alexandra to end a run of three League Two defeats.

Swindon made the most of the space offered by the struggling Railwaymen early on to take an unassailable lead. After Keshi Anderson side-footed onto the foot of the post, Woolery was on hand to finish off the rebound for the opener in the eighth minute.

Chris Dagnall flicked a header past the near post as the hosts tried to hit back, but his side were let down by inept defending and Matty Taylor's free-kick was nodded home with ease by Linganzi after 17 minutes.

The pace of Anderson and Woolery was a thorn in Crewe's side and when Perry Ng pressed the panic button to bring the former down in the box, Norris drilled the spot-kick into the corner with just 20 minutes gone.

Had Crewe keeper Ben Garratt not got off his line quickly at Woolery's feet soon after the damage would have been more severe before the break.

Swindon slowed down in the second half, but still could have had more goals with Woolery striking the foot of the post after another darting run and Taylor curling a free-kick onto the bar.

Crewe's poor run, with seven defeats in their past nine league games, leaves them three points above the relegation zone.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Crewe

• 1Garratt
• 2Ng
• 6Raynes
• 12Nolan
• 3Bakayogo
• 14AinleySubstituted forGrantat 59'minutes
• 16Lowery
• 18PickeringBooked at 54mins
• 11CooperSubstituted forKirkat 55'minutes
• 10BowerySubstituted forPorterat 59'minutes
• 9Dagnall

Substitutes

• 4Walker
• 7Porter
• 13Richards
• 20Kirk
• 24Reilly
• 27Stubbs
• 28Grant

Swindon

• 1Vigouroux
• 2PurkissBooked at 71mins
• 6Lancashire
• 4Preston
• 31TaylorBooked at 68mins
• 7MullinSubstituted forGoddardat 90+4'minutes
• 8Dunne
• 16Linganzi
• 30Anderson
• 22WooleryBooked at 84minsSubstituted forIandoloat 84'minutes
• 9NorrisBooked at 63minsSubstituted forGordonat 70'minutes

Substitutes

• 5Robertson
• 10Goddard
• 14Iandolo
• 18McDermott
• 20Gordon
• 21Charles-Cook
• 24Knoyle

Referee:

Eddie Ilderton

Attendance:

3,736

Match Stats

Home TeamCreweAway TeamSwindon

Possession

Home53%

Away47%

Shots

Home8

Away12

Shots on Target

Home3

Away6

Corners

Home2

Away6

Fouls

Home13

Away5

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 0, Swindon Town 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 0, Swindon Town 3.

Posted at 90'+5'

Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Keshi Anderson (Swindon Town).

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Swindon Town. John Goddard replaces Paul Mullin.

Posted at 85'

Attempt saved. Chris Porter (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Amine Linganzi.

Booking

Posted at 84'

Kaiyne Woolery (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Ellis Iandolo replaces Kaiyne Woolery.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Charlie Kirk (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 81'

Matthew Taylor (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Harry Pickering (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 79'

Kaiyne Woolery (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 78'

Attempt saved. Chris Porter (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 76'

Delay in match Matt Preston (Swindon Town) because of an injury.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Eddie Nolan.

Booking

Posted at 71'

Ben Purkiss (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Charlie Kirk (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 71'

Ben Purkiss (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Kellan Gordon replaces Luke Norris.

Booking

Posted at 68'

Matthew Taylor (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Perry Ng (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 68'

Matthew Taylor (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 65'

Conor Grant (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 65'

Foul by James Dunne (Swindon Town).

Booking

Posted at 63'

Luke Norris (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 62'

Tommy Lowery (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Luke Norris (Swindon Town).

Posted at 62'

Matthew Taylor (Swindon Town) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Michael Raynes (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 61'

Keshi Anderson (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 59'

Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Chris Porter replaces Jordan Bowery.

Substitution

Posted at 59'

Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Conor Grant replaces Callum Ainley.

Substitution

Posted at 55'

Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Kirk replaces George Cooper.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Tommy Lowery (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 55'

Oliver Lancashire (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 54'

Harry Pickering (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 54'

Foul by Harry Pickering (Crewe Alexandra).

Posted at 54'

Kaiyne Woolery (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.

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