Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travel to face AFC Wimbledon at Plough Lane.
This Season:
This season sees The Dons sitting in 11th place in the league having beaten Colchester United and Sutton United, drawn against Grimsby Town, Wrexham, Forest Green Rovers and Newport County while their only league defeat was against Stockport County last week.
They lost to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup second round (after beating Coventry in Round 1) while they beat Stevenage on penalties in the EFL Trophy in a group that also contains Crystal Palace’s Under-21s and Wycombe Wanderers.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 8 permanent signings and 4 full-season loan deals while 15 players have left the club permanently with 4 players leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at Plough Lane are defender Ryan Johnson, midfielders Jake Reevse, Armani Little and James Ball while forwards Ryan McLean, James Tilley, Omar Bugiel and Josh Neufville complete the permanent signings. Goalkeeper Alex Bass, defender Joe Lewis and midfielders Charlie Lakin and Connor Lemonlheigh-Evans are their loanee arrivals.
Leaving the club permanently are Dylan Adjei-Hersey, Elliott Bolton, Ethan Chislett, Aaron Cosgrave, David Fisher, Kwaku Frimpong, Chris Gunter, Luke Jenkins, David Kawa, George Marsh, Aaron Pierre, Obed Yeboah, Alex Woodyard, Alfie Bendle and Nathan Broome.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 3
Dons Wins: 1
Draws: 3
Biggest Alex Win: 3-1 at Kingsmeadow in October 2011
Biggest Dons Win: 3-2 at Plough Lane in November 2021
Last Meeting
Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Crewe Alexandra, 7th January 2023
The teams played out a goalless draw last season at the Alexandra Stadium.
Crewe: Okonkwo; Mellor, O’Riordan, McDonald, Adebisi; Brook (Tabiner 88), Griffiths, Thomas, Uwakwe (Ainley 78); Sambou, Agyei
Booked – Brook 72
Dons: Tzanev; Biler, Pearce, Kalambayi, Brown, Currie; Chislett, Pell, Marsh, Senior (Young-Coombes 66); Davison (Robinson 85)
Booked – Brown 73, Marsh 84
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 EFL have announced that Lewis Smith is tomorrow’s referee with David Harrison and Adrian Tranter assisting him and James Vallance the fourth official. Smith has refereed the following Crewe game in the last 5 years:
- Harrogate Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (18th February 2023) – Agyei (2)
