Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Plough Lane to face AFC Wimbledon, the hosts’ squad containing goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen following his release by the Alex in the summer while Rod McDonald will not be available to face his former club after being ruled out with an injury picked up in last week’s EFL Trophy game.
This Season:
They sit in 17th place in the league after beating Gillingham, Crawley Town, Colchester United and Rochdale, drawn against Hartlepool United, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City while they have lost against Mansfield Town, Barrow, Stockport County, Northampton Town, Carlisle United, Walsall and Sutton United.
They lost to Gillingham in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they top their EFL Trophy group after beating Aston Villa’s Under-21s and Crawley Town, playing Portsmouth in the final group game.
Transfers:
This summer has seen the club make 10 signings, 6 permanent and four season-long loans. Jaaskelainen has been joined by defenders Alex Pearce, Chris Gunter and loanee Ryley Towler. Midfielders Harry Pell and loanee Paris Maghoma while forwards Josh Davison, Courtney Senior and loanees Kyle Hudlin and Nathan Young-Coombes complete the signings.
They have allowed 16 players to leave the club permanently while 5 players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 3
Dons Wins: 1
Draws: 2
Biggest Alex Win: 3-1 at Kingsmeadow in October 2011
Biggest Dons Win: 3-2 at Plough Lane in November 2021
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-1 AFC Wimbledon, 15th April 2022
In Alex Morris’ first game in charge of Crewe, Sam Cosgrove opened the scoring for the visitors in the 19th minute before Mika Mandron equalised on the hour-mark. Chris Long scoring in the 62nd minute before Bassala Sambou added the hosts’ third in stoppage time.
Alex: Richards; Lundstram, Sass-Davies, Offord, Williams; Lowery, Harper; Kashket (Finney 43), Ainley, Long (Sambou 90); Mandron
Dons: Tzanev; Brown, Heneghan, Nightingale; Lawrence, Woodyard, McCormick (Osei Yaw 65), Guinness-Walker (Chislett 80); Rudoni, Cosgrove, Assal (Kaja 53)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Will Jaaskelainen
Defenders: Semi Ajayi, Danny Blanchett, Chris Hussey, Rod McDonald, Mat Mitchel-King, Terell Thomas
Midfielders: n/a
Forwards: Dan Agyei
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Lee Swabey the referee, Paul Kelly and Damith Bandara are his assistants with Marc Wilson the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Swabey:
- Barnet 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (30th March 2018) – McKirdy
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Carlisle United (10th November 2018, FA Cup)
- Cheltenham Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (28th September 2019) – Porter
- Walsall 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (1st February 2020) – Powell, Finney
- Exeter City 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (3rd March 2020) – Nottingham
- Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday (11th December 2021)
