Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host AFC Wimbledon in the second half of the Dons double.
This Season:
This season sees the Dons sitting in 7th place having beaten Colchester United, Sutton United, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers, Harrogate Town, Doncaster Rovers, Notts County twice, Swindon Town, Crawley Town, Colchester United, Mansfield Town, Barrow, MK Dons and Gillingham, they have drawn against Grimsby Town twice, Wrexham, Forest Green Rovers twice, Newport County, Mansfield, Barrow, Salford City, Bradford City and Morecambe, while they have lost against Stockport County, Bradford, Accrington Stanley twice, Morecambe, Gillingham, Sutton, Wrexham, MK Dons, Crawley, Doncaster and Newport.
They lost to Ipswich Town in the FA Cup Round 3 (beating Cheltenham Town and Ramsgate in the process) while they lost to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup second round (after beating Coventry in Round 1). In the EFL Trophy, they finished 2nd after beating both Stevenage (on penalties) and Crystal Palace’s Under-21s before losing to Wycombe Wanderers. They would beat Portsmouth and Oxford United before losing against Peterborough United in the quarter-finals.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Ryan Sandford, defender Joe Lewis and forwards Ronan Curtis and Josh Kelly on permanent deals with defenders Kofi Balmer and John-Joe O’Toole as well as forward John-Kymani Gordon joining on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently was forward Ali Al-Hamadi while several players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 3
Dons Wins: 1
Draws: 4
Biggest Alex Win: 3-1 at Kingsmeadow in October 2011
Biggest Dons Win: 3-2 at Plough Lane in November 2021
Last Meeting
AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Crewe Alexandra, 16th September 2023
Josh Neuville opened the scoring for the hosts on the half-hour mark before James Tilley doubled the lead 8 minutes later. Joel Tabiner halved the deficit 6 minutes after the break with substitute Elliott Nevitt scoring in stoppage time to rescue a point for the Alex.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan (Williams 46), Demetriou; Cooney (Rowe 72), Tabiner, Thomas (Nevitt 62), Powell (White 85), Adebisi (Finney 85); Baker-Richardson, Long
Booked – White 90, Rowe 90
Dons: Bass; Ogundere, Lewis, Johnson, Currie (Brown 83); Tilley (Davison 90), Lakin, Ball (Pell 74), Neufville (Sasu 83); Al-Hamadi, Bugiel (Lemonheigh-Evans 90)
Booked – Ogundere 52, Currie 57
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 Darren Drysdale is tomorrow’s referee with Karl Buckley and Conor Brown assisting him and Lee Freeman the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Drysdale in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Portsmouth (13th April 2021)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Accrington Stanley (21st August 2021)
- Gillingham 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (1st February 2022)
- Bradford City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (26th August 2023)
