Tomorrow afternoon Crewe Alexandra host Dagenham & Redbridge at the Alexandra Stadium in the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup. The draw for Round 2 takes place on Monday evening.
This Season:
This season sees The Daggers sit in 13th place in the National League having won 5 games, drawn 6 and lost 5 in their 16 league games so far.
They beat Leiston in the previous round of the FA Cup while they lost on penalties to Tottenham Hotspur in the National League Cup after a 5-5 draw in normal time.
Coaches Thoughts:
Here are the thoughts of the two sets of coaching staff heading into the game:
There was no preview from the Dag & Red coaching staff at the time of publishing.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 1
Daggers Wins: 3
Draws: 0
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in January 2012
Biggest Daggers Win: 2-0 at Victoria Road in January 2010
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Dagenham & Redbridge, 21st January 2012
Brian Woodall opened the scoring for the visitors in the 17th minute before Greg Pearson levelled the score 4 minutes before the break. An Abu Ogogo own goal in the 71st minute gave the Alex the lead that was extended late on by Adam Dugdale and Nick Powell scoring in the 83rd and 86th minutes respectively.
Crewe: Phillips; Davis, Dugdale, Artell, Tootle; Murphy, Lowry, Westwood, Moore; Powell, Pearson (Leitch-Smith 84)
Booked: n/a
Daggers: Lewington, Doe, Ilesanmi, Bingham, Ogogo, Spillane, Abdulla, Green (Wearen 65), Montano, Nurse, Woodall (Cunnington 62)
Booked: Abdulla 83
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: David Button
Defenders: n/a
Midfielders: Billy Bingham
Forwards: Chris Dickson
Officials:
The FA have announced that John Mulligan is tomorrow’s referee with Marvyn Amphlett and Samuel Clayton assisting him and Tom Wall the fourth official. This is the first Crewe game that Durkin has refereed.
