Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra host Carlisle United in the opening game of 2025, the visitors’ playing squad containing former Alex defender Terell Thomas.
NB: This game will be live on SkySports+.
This Season:
This season sees the Cumbrians sitting in 23rd place in the league having beaten Barrow, Swindon Town, Salford City and Accrington Stanley, they have drawn with Colchester United, Harrogate Town, Bromley, Doncaster Rovers, us and Port Vale while they have lost against Gillingham, MK Dons, Tranmere Rovers, Bradford City, Fleetwood Town, Grimsby Town, Notts County, AFC Wimbledon, Walsall, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield and Morecambe.
They lost against Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup 1st Round and lost against Stoke City at the same stage of the Carabao Cup. In their EFL Trophy group, they lost against Nottingham Forest’s Under-21s and Wigan before beating Morecambe to finish bottom of their group.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielder Will Patching from Derry City on a free who is eligible to play the game as the transfer window has opened.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 38
Carlisle Wins: 43
Draws: 16
Biggest Alex Win: 7-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in January 1939
Biggest Carlisle Win: 5-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in September 2017
Last Meeting:
Carlisle United 1-1 Crewe Alexandra, 30th November 2024
Dominic Sadi opened the scoring for the hosts in the 2nd minute before Jack Lankester equalising from the penalty spot 8 minutes from time.
Alex: Marschall; Connolly (Knight-Lebel 63), Demetriou, Williams; Billington (Finney 63), Tabiner, Sanders (Thibaut 63), Conway; Lankester (Lunt 84), Tracey, Holicek (Breckin 90)
Booked: Connolly 11, Billington 12
Carlisle: Breeze; Hayden (Ellis 90), Lavelle, Barclay; Burey (McGeouch 68), Harper (Kelly 74), Guy (Neal 68), B. Williams; Sadi; Adu-Adjei, Harris (Jones 68)
Booked: Harris 64, Jones 72, Kelly 81, Neal 89
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Martin Taylor, Keiren Westwood, Ben Williams
Defenders: Billy Barr, Paul Boertien, Darren Carr, Chris Curran, Digger Dawson, Mark Ellis, Rod McDonald, Kelvin Mellor, Dave Miller, Michael Raynes, Shaun Smith, Terell Thomas, Corey Whelan, Harry Worley
Midfielders: James Bailey, Ian Bishop, John Crabbe, Stuart Green, Bill Kennedy, Chris Lumsdon, Ben Marshall, Stuart Metcalfe, Steven Schumacher, Joe White
Forwards: David Amoo, Joe Anyinsah, Stan Bowles, Owen Brown, Bill Caton, Jack Connor, Peter Duffield, Wayne Entwistle, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Jack Holland, Jim Mackey, Peter McArdle, Jimmy McConnell, Harry McKirdy, Shaun Miller, Jon Newby, Mark Rivers, Allan Smart, Billy Stark, Gareth Taylor, Robbie Wakenshaw, Offrande Zanzala
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Simon Mather is tomorrow’s referee with Jack Forder-Hay and Steven Plane assisting him and Thomas Harty the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Mather in the last 5 years:
- Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Crewe Alexandra (31st August 2021) – Knight
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Doncaster Rovers (2nd November 2021) – Porter
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town (23rd April 2022) – Lowery
- Tranmere Rovers 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (14th October 2022)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Notts County (11th November 2023) – Baker-Richardson
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Grimsby Town (13th April 2024)
