Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to the Crown Ground to face Accrington Stanley with Kelvin Mellor part of the hosts’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees The ‘Owd Reds sitting in 18th place in the league having beaten Newport County, Harrogate Town, Salford City twice, Sutton United, Forest Green Rovers twice, Grimsby Town, MK Dons, AFC Wimbledon twice, Wrexham, Walsall and Swindon Town, they have drawn with Barrow twice, Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, us, Grimsby, Colchester and Notts County while they have lost against Gillingham twice, Notts County, Mansfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Stockport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town twice, Bradford City twice, Swindon, Harrogate, MK Dons, Walsall, Wrexham, Sutton and Morecambe.
They lost against Doncaster after extra time in the FA Cup 1st Round after a replay and against Bradford after extra time in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished top in their group after wins against Carlisle United and Harrogate before losing to Nottingham Forest’s Under-21s in the final group game with them beating Lincoln City in the second round on Tuesday night.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Radek Vitek and forward Jake Bickerstaff on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently was midfielder Owen Devonport while a number of players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 7
Accrington Wins: 9
Draws: 2
Biggest Alex Win: 6-1 at Ewood Park in December 1992 (FA Cup)
Biggest Accrington Win: 2-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in October 2017
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-3 Accrington Stanley, 16th December 2023
Aaron Rowe opened the scoring for the hosts in the 4th minute before Jack Nolan equalised a couple of minutes later. Mickey Demetriou gave the Alex the lead again in the 29th minute before Ben Woods levelled with a couple of minutes to play after Luke Offord had been sent off for the hosts. Josh Woods looked to have given the visitors the win with his goal in the sixth minute of stoppage-time only for Elliott Nevitt to equalise a couple of minutes later.
Crewe: Davies; O’Riordan, Offord, Demetriou; Billington (Baker-Richardson 62), Thomas, White, Adebisi; Rowe, Nevitt, Tracey (Cooney 82)
Booked – Tracey 45, Thomas 51, Nevitt 90
Sent Off – Offord 80
Stanley: Walsh; Lowe, Hills, Gubbins, Shipley; Conneely (Martin 60), B. Woods; Longelo (Henderson 28), Pritchard (Pickles 69), Nolan; J. Woods
Booked – Martin 71, Hills 90
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Bertrand Bossu, Andrew Dawber, Ross Etheridge, Stuart Jones, Alan Martin, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: Omar Beckles, Martin Clark, Adam Dugdale, Nicky Hunt, Darran Kempson, Kelvin Mellor, Colin Murdock, Michael Nottingham, Mark Roberts, Gus Wilson
Midfielders: Daniel Barlaser, Wayne Goodison, Tony Grant, Lee Molyneux, Alan Navarro, Liam Nolan, Gary Roberts, James Robinson, Tariq Uwakwe
Forwards: Courtney Baker-Richardson, Wes Fletcher, Andy Gayle, John Miles, Michael Symes, Offrande Zanzala
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Adam Herczeg is tomorrow’s referee with Christopher Ward and Danny Gratton assisting him and Richard Wigglesworth the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Herczeg in the last 5 years:
- Grimsby Town 4-0 Crewe Alexandra (9th August 2022, EFL Cup)
- Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bradford City (3rd May 2023) – Agyei (2), Long
- Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Newport County (15th August 2023) – Demetriou (2), Long, Nevitt
