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Match Preview – Fleetwood Town (A)

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Tomorrow evening sees the Alex head back into Lancashire for the second time in 4 days with a trip to Fleetwood Town’s Highbury Stadium.

This Season:

They sit in 14th place in the league following wins against Burton Albion, Hull City, Gillingham twice, Shrewsbury Town twice, Oxford United, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Swindon Town, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Ipswich Town, AFC Wimbledon and Rochdale, they have drawn with Lincoln, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic twice, us, Northampton Town, Bristol Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Accrington Stanley and Blackpool while they have lost against Peterborough United twice, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Accrington, Charlton, Northampton, Blackpool, Portsmouth, MK Dons, Oxford, Plymouth and Swindon.

In the cups, they were knocked out by Hull in the FA Cup 1st Round and Everton in the 3rd Round of the Carabao Cup (after knocking out Wigan and Port Vale in the previous rounds). In the EFL Trophy, they topped their group after wins against Carlisle United, Aston Villa’s Under-21s and Sunderland before beating Blackpool on penalties and losing to Hull in Round 3.

Transfers:

Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielders Daniel Batty and Chris Conn-Clarke on permanent deals as well as Joe Hilton, Kyle Vassell and Janoi Donacien on loan deals.

Goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler, defender Sam Stubbs and forwards Ched Evans and Paddy Madden have left the club permanently while midfielders Paul Coutts and Jay Matete have left on loan deals.

Head-to-Head:

Alex Wins: 1
Fleetwood Wins: 4
Draws: 2

Biggest Alex Win: 2-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in February 2015
Biggest Town Win: 4-0 at Highbury in October 2013 (EFL Trophy)

Last Meeting

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town, 26th December 2020

Wes Burns opened the scoring 4 minutes after the break for the visitors with Mika Mandron levelling for the hosts just after the hour-mark.

Alex: Jaaskelainen; Johnson, Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Murphy, Wintle, Finney (Lowery 80); Powell (Dale 80), Mandron, Kirk

Town: Leutwiler; Edwards, Connolly, Mulgrew, Andrew; Rossiter, Whelan; Burns (Coutts 74), Camps, Morris (Duffy 74); Madden (Saunders 79)

Played for Both:

The following players have been contracted to both teams:

Goalkeepers: n/a

Defenders: Junior Brown, Dean Howell, Kevin O’Connor, Mark Roberts, Sam Stubbs

Midfielders: Keith Briggs, Phil Charnock, Phil Clarkson, Paul Edwards, Gareth Evans, Alex Kiwomya, Andy Lyons, Antoni Sarcevic, Steven Schumacher

Forwards: Andy Haddock, Tom Hitchcock, Mikael Mandron, John Miles, Alex Titchiner, Thomas Wagstaffe, Robbie Wakenshaw

Officials:

The officials for this game have been announced here with Ross Joyce the referee, Chris Isherwood and Matthew Parry are his assistants with Gary Hilton the fourth official. The following games have been refereed by Joyce in the last 5 years:

  • Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town (1st October 2016) – Dagnall
  • Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (8th April 2017) – Cooke, Dagnall
  • Crewe Alexandra 0-5 Carlisle United (23rd September 2017)
  • Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (2nd November 2019)
  • Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town (22nd February 2020) – Porter, Walker
  • Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town (30th January 2021) – Kirk

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