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Match Preview – Bradford City (H)

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Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra play their final home game of the season as Bradford City are the visitors with former Alex players Vadaine Oliver and Sam Stubbs on the books of the Bantams.

This Season:

They sit in 7th place after wins against Newport County, Hartlepool United, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers twice, Stevenage twice, Harrogate Town twice, Salford City twice, Mansfield Town, Sutton United twice, Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham, Colchester United, Grimsby Town, Rochdale and Northampton Town, they have drawn against Doncaster, us, AFC Wimbledon twice, Grimsby, Swindon Town, Crawley Town twice, Stockport County, Mansfield, Walsall, Newport, Hartlepool, Carlisle United and Gillingham while they have lost against Barrow twice, Colchester, Stockport, Rochdale and Swindon.

They would lose to Harrogate in the FA Cup 1st Round and to Blackburn Rovers in the Carabao Cup 2nd Round after knocking Hull City out in the first round. They would finish 2nd in their EFL Trophy group after beating Sheffield Wednesday then losing to Leicester City’s Under-21s and Burton Albion (the former on penalties) before also losing to Salford in Round 2.

Transfers:

Since the last meeting, they have signed defenders Ciaran Kelly, Stubbs and loanee Tolaji Bola, midfielder Adam Clayton as well as forwards Matt Derbyshire, Dion Pereira, Thierry Nevers and Dara Costelloe (the latter 3 on loan deals).

They have allowed 3 players to leave the club permanently and 5 players to leave on loan deals.

Head-to-Head:

Alex Wins: 36
City Wins: 43
Draws: 20

Biggest Alex Win: 7-1 at Gresty Road in September 1965
Biggest City Win: 6-0 at Valley Parade in April 1979

Last Meeting

Bradford City 0-0 Crewe Alexandra, 27th August 2022

The two sides played out a goalless draw at Valley Parade, this being the Alex’s first away clean sheet in 26 games.

Alex: Okonkwo; Mellor, Offord, McDonald, Williams; Thomas, King; Uwakwe, Ainley (Sass-Davies 85), Agyei; Baker-Richardson

Bradford: Lewis; Halliday, Platt, Crichlow, Ridehalgh; East (Sutton 76), Smallwood; Banks, Chapman (Harratt 46), Angol (Young 46); Cook (Oliver 76)

Played for Both:

The following players have been contracted to both teams:

Goalkeepers: Ademola Bankole, Marlon Beresford, Geoff Crudgington, John Oldfield, Robert Pringle, Neil Ramsbottom, Steve Smith, Ross Turnbull, Ben Williams

Defenders: Fred Halliday, Geoff Hudson, Greg Leigh, Kelvin Mellor, Phil Nicholls, Robert Pringle, Alan Sheehan, Sam Stubbs, Barry Swallow, Paul Tierney, Ashley Westwood

Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Peter Cook, Callum Cooke, Gareth Evans, Harry Leese, Matty Lund, Billy McGinley, Ernest Perry, Steven Schumacher, Gareth Whalley

Forwards: Dele Adebola, George Alcock, Jordan Bowery, David Boyle, Bert Brown, Reuben Butler, John Carruthers, Ken Chapman, Jack Connor, Wilf Cooke, Chris Dagnall, Clayton Donaldson, Ron Futcher, Steve Jones, Fred Leech, Mark Leonard, Harry Lovatt, Tommy McCulloch, Mike Newell, Vadaine Oliver, Arthur Rigby, Lee Samuels, Bert Swindells, Michael Symes, Barry Tait, Ashley Ward, Bob Whittingham

Officials:

The officials for this game have been announced here with Adam Herczeg the referee, Adam Ricketts and Wayne Grunnill are his assistants with Simon Mather the fourth official. Herczeg has refereed the following Crewe game in the previous 5 years:

  • Grimsby Town 4-0 Crewe Alexandra (9th August 2022, EFL Cup)

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