This afternoon sees AFC Wimbledon make the trip north to the Alexandra Stadium following the meeting at the New Plough Lane last month.
This season:
They sit in 21st place in the league after wins against Fleetwood Town, Swindon Town, Blackpool, Rochdale and Peterborough United, they have drawn with Northampton Town, Plymouth Argyle, Burton Albion, MK Dons, Doncaster Rovers and Sunderland while they have lost against Accrington Stanley, Shrewsbury Town, Hull City, Gillingham, Bristol Rovers, Charlton Athletic, us, Oxford United, Lincoln City, Sunderland and Portsmouth.
In the cups, they have lost to Crawley Town in the 2nd Round of the FA Cup after knocking Barrow out on penalties in Round 1 while they lost on penalties against Oxford United in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they beat Charlton and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Under-21s before a defeat to Leyton Orient to finish 2nd in their group before knocking out Arsenal’s Under-21s and Bristol Rovers in the knockout rounds so far to reach the Southern Semi-Final stage.
Transfers:
Since the meeting of the teams last month, they have brought in goalkeeper Sam Walker and midfielder George Dobson, both on loan, while they have allowed forward Adam Roscrow to join The New Saints on a permanent deal.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
Dons Wins: 0
Draws: 1
Biggest Alex Win: 3-1 at Kingsmeadow in October 2011
Biggest Dons Win: n/a
Last Meeting:
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Crewe Alexandra, 25th February 2012
Mika Mandron gave the Alex the lead on the hour-mark before Ryan Longman looked to have given the hosts a point with a 90th-minute goal before Oli Finney scored in stoppage-time.
Alex: Jaaskelainen, Offord, Lancashire, Beckles, Pickering; Murphy, Wintle, Finney; Dale (Powell 80), Mandron (Porter 62), Kirk
Dons: Trueman; Thomas (Hartigan 70), Nightingale, Csoka, McLoughlin; Woodyard (Alexander 83), Reilly, Seddon, Longman; Pigott (Palmer 61), Rudoni (Chislett 62)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Semi Ajayi, Danny Blanchett, Mat Mitchel-King
Midfielders: n/a
Forwards: n/a
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Kevin Johnson the referee, John Flynn and Christopher Husband are his assistants with James Bell the fourth official. Here is the only game that Linington has refereed the Alex in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Blackpool (19th March 2016) – Haber
- Stevenage 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (6th August 2016) – Lowe, Kiwomya
- Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Grimsby Town (11th February 2017) – Cooke, Cooper (2), Dagnall (2)
- Colchester United 3-1 Crewe Alexandra (28th October 2017) – Bowery
- Yeovil Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (23rd October 2018) – Bowery
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town (14th December 2019) – Anene
