Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel north to Lancashire to face Fleetwood Town.
As this game is an evening game, it is available on Sky Sports+.
This Season:
This season sees The Cod Army sit in 12th place in the league having won against Grimsby Town, Carlisle United, Cheltenham Town and Walsall, they have drawn against Notts County, Gillingham, Morecambe and Bromley while they have lost against AFC Wimbledon and Port Vale.
They lost against Stoke City in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round (after knocking out both West Bromwich Albion and Rotherham United in the previous rounds) while they have beaten Aston Villa’s Under-21s and lost against Barrow in the EFL Trophy to sit 3rd in their group.
Transfers:
They have signed goalkeeper Luke Hewitson, defenders Zech Medley, James Bolton and MacKenzie Hunt, midfielders Elliot Bonds, Matty Virtue, Toby Oliver, Mark Helm, Zak Littler and Liam Shaw while forwards Dannen Francis and Mpio Odubeko complete their permanent signings. Defender Stephan Negru and forward Kian Harratt have both joined on season-long loans.
Leaving the club this summer were Finlay Armstrong, Patrick Boyes, Sam Fishburn, Shaun Rooney, Ben Heneghan, Theo Butterworth, Josh Edwards, Bosembo Namputu, Dominic Richmond, Connor Teale and Harry Wilson all left when their deals expired.
Midfielders Harvey Macadam, Pharrell Brown and Junior Quitirna as well as forwards Jayden Stockley, Cian Hayes, Promise Omochere and Maleace Asamoah all left for undisclosed fees with midfielder Kyle White leaving on a free while a number of players have been loaned out this season.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
Fleetwood Wins: 6
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 1-3 Fleetwood Town, 2nd April 2022
Harvey Macadam opened the scoring for the visitors in the 18th minute before Chris Long’s stoppage-time goal saw the Alex level going into the break. Substitute Anthony Pilkington gave the Cod Army a 64th-minute lead with fellow sub Ellis Harrison completing the scoring 8 minutes later.
Crewe: Richards; Johnson, Offord, Williams (O’Riordan 65); Ainley, Murphy (Harper 78), Lowery, Finney, Kashket (Sambou 65); Porter, Long
Booked: n/a
Fleetwood: Cairns; Nsiala, Clarke, Jules; Johnson, Camps, Biggins (Batty 71), Lane; Macadam; Hayes (Harrison 59), Garner (Pilkington 59)
Booked: n/a
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, Scott Robertson, Antoni Sarcevic, Steven Schumacher
Forwards: Andy Haddock, Tom Hitchcock, Chris Long, Mikael Mandron, Terry McPhillips, John Miles, Alex Titchiner, Thomas Wagstaffe, Robbie Wakenshaw
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Sebastian Stockbridge is tomorrow’s referee with Paul Newhouse and Jack Nield assisting him and Scott Henry the fourth official. Stockbridge has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 MK Dons (26th September 2020) – Mandron, Finney
- Blackpool 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (2nd March 2021) – Walker
- Morecambe 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (29th December 2021) – Porter, Murphy
- Port Vale 0-0 Crewe Alexandra (29th August 2023, Carabao Cup)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Wrexham (20th April 2024)
