This afternoon sees another home game, this time in-form Burton Albion make the short trip to the Alexandra Stadium – the visitors having won 8 of their last 10 games under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who is in his second spell in charge of the Brewers.
Both teams will have familiar faces to the opposition fans as Luke Murphy is currently with the Alex while Burton have John Brayford, Colin Daniel, Ben Garratt and player/coach Luke Varney in their playing squad.
This Season:
They sit in 18th place in the league following wins against Accrington Stanley, Charlton Athletic twice, Gillingham, Hull City, Northampton Town, Rochdale, Bristol Rovers, Peterborough United and AFC Wimbledon, they have drawn with Bristol Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Peterborough United, Shrewsbury Town, Sunderland, us and MK Dons while they have lost against Fleetwood Town, Swindon Town, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Blackpool, Hull, Ipswich Town twice, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Wigan Athletic, Oxford United and Sunderland.
They lost in the 1st Round in the FA Cup to Barnet while they lost in the 2nd Round of the Carabao Cup against Aston Villa after knocking out Accrington on penalties in Round 1. In the EFL Trophy, they finished 3rd in their group after defeats against Peterborough (on penalties) and Cambridge United before winning on spot-kicks against Fulham Under-21s in the final group game.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defenders Tom Hamer and Michael Mancienne, midfielders Jonny Smith and Terry Taylor and forwards Danny Rowe and Mike Fondop (all on permanent deals) as well as goalkeeper Dillon Barnes, defenders Hayden Carter and Josh Earl and midfielders Sean Clare and Ryan Broom all on loan deals.
Midfielder Charles Vernam and forward Steven Lawless would leave on permanent deals with defender Neal Eardley and midfielder Stephen Quinn leaving on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 4
Brewers Wins: 3
Draws: 4
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in March 2011
Biggest Brewers Win: 3-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in September 2019 (EFL Trophy)
Last Meeting
Burton Albion 1-1 Crewe Alexandra, 3rd September 2019
Sam Hughes opened the scoring 14 minutes from time after heading home a Joe Powell corner before Owen Dale leveled the scores a couple of minutes from time with an overhead kick.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Johnson (Lancashire 88), Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Lowery (Finney 61), Wintle, Murphy; Dale, Mandron (Porter 73), Powell (Kirk 61)
Brewers: O’Hara; Brayford, Hughes, Bostwick, Daniel; Gilligan (Ennis 63), Quinn; Edwards, Powell, Vernam; Akins
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ben Garratt, Adam Legzdins, Martin Taylor, Stuart Tomlinson
Defenders: Patrick Ada, Ryan Austin, Danny Blanchett, Paul Boertien, John Brayford, David Gray, Adam Yates
Midfielders: Paul Bancroft, Lee Bell, Colin Daniel, Matty Lund, Luke Murphy, Kevin Stewart
Forwards: Martin Harris, Harold Mosby, Jon Newby, Alex Nicholls, Greg Pearson, Kevin Sheldon, Michael Symes, Derek Tomkinson, Luke Varney, Calvin Zola
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Graham Salisbury the referee, Christopher Ward and Marvyn Amphlett are his assistants with Alan Clayton the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Salisbury in the last 5 years:
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