Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travel to the ECO-Power Stadium to face Doncaster Rovers with former Alex forward Billy Waters and former loanee Jamie Sterry as part of their squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Rovers sitting in 20th place having beaten Forest Green Rovers, Gillingham, Crawley Town, Sutton United, Tranmere Rovers, Grimsby Town twice, Colchester United, MK Dons, Tranmere Rovers and AFC Wimbledon, they have drawn with Mansfield Town twice, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, Sutton and Salford City while they have lost against Harrogate Town twice, Newport County twice, Notts County twice, MK Dons, Wrexham, Barrow, Stockport County twice, Salford, AFC Wimbledon, us, Morecambe and Bradford City.
They lost to Peterborough United in the FA Cup 2nd Round (beating Accrington Stanley after extra time in the previous round) and would lose against Everton in the Carabao Cup 2nd Round following a win against Hull City in the previous round.
In the EFL Trophy, they topped the group after beating Everton’s Under-21s and Burton Albion either side of a defeat at Mansfield. They would defeat Nottingham Forest’s Under-21s and Wigan Athletic in the second and third rounds respectively before losing to Bradford in the quarter-finals.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Jay McGrath and forward Maxime Biamou on permanent deals as well as goalkeeper Thimothee Lo-Tutala, midfielder Matthew Craig and forwards Conor Carty, Waters and Hakeeb Adelakun on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently was defender Adam Long with goalkeeper Ben Bottomley, defender Charlie Seaman, midfielder Jack Degrachy and forwards Tavonga Kuleya and Jack Goodman have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 38
Donny Wins: 43
Draws: 27
Biggest Alex Win: 8-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in December 2002, EFL Trophy
Biggest Donny Win: 6-0 at Belle Vue in April 1961
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Doncaster Rovers, 25th November 2023
Modou Faal gave the visitors in the 16th minute before Luke Offord levelled the score 13 minutes later. Connor O’Riordan saw the hosts lead at the break with a 44th-minute goal before Joe Ironside levelled on 57 minutes with O’Riordan scoring the winner in second-half stoppage-time.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan, Demetriou; Cooney, Thomas, White, Adebisi; Tracey, Baker-Richardson (Finney 90), Rowe (Nevitt 62)
Booked – Thomas 90
Donny: Jones; Bailey, Anderson, Senior; Nixon, Close, Westbrooke (Broadbent 82), Molyneux (Biggins 82), Maxwell (Rowe 82); Ironside, Faal
Booked – Maxwell 19, Anderson 37
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ademola Bankole, David Button, Ross Etheridge, Stuart Jones, Ross Turnbull
Defenders: Richard Annan, Donervon Daniels, Peter Johnson, Ryan Kirby, Stuart Mason, George Page, Jamie Sterry, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Barry Swallow, Harry Worley
Midfielders: Peter Clark, Peter Farrell, Dan Gardner, Madger Gomes, Conor Grant, Paul Green, Scott Robertson, Jermaine Wright
Forwards: George Alcock, Billy Boardman, Jordan Bowery, Colin Cramb, Alan Daley, Paul Edwards, Uche Ikpeazu, Alex Kiwomya, Eddie McMorran, Mike Newell, Billy Poyntz, George Ratcliffe, John Regan, Ray Sambrook, Barry Tait, Gareth Taylor, Albert Valentine, Robbie Wakenshaw, Billy Waters, Billy Whitehurst
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Craig Hicks is tomorrow’s referee with Declan Ford and Danny Guest assisting him and Steven Copeland the fourth official. Hicks has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Grimsby Town 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (5th May 2019)
- Northampton Town 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (16th November 2019) – Porter
- Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (24th October 2020) – Kirk, Pickering
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Crewe Alexandra (1st May 2021) – Ainley
- AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (23rd November 2021) – Long, Porter
- Salford City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (13th August 2022)
