Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Fleetwood Town in a relegation six-pointer.
This Season:
They sit in 20th place following wins against Cheltenham Town, Rotherham United twice, us, Bolton Wanderers, Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers, they’ve drawn with Plymouth Argyle twice, Sunderland, Cambridge United twice, MK Dons twice, Wycombe Wanderers, AFC Wimbledon, Morecambe, Shrewsbury Town, Portsmouth and Doncaster whilst they have lost against Portsmouth, Lincoln City, Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic twice, Burton Albion twice, Ipswich Town twice, Wigan Athletic twice, Morecambe, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Shrewsbury, Cheltenham and Sunderland.
They lost to Stoke City in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they lost to Burton at the same stage of the FA Cup.
They finished 2nd in their EFL Trophy group following wins against Leicester City’s Under-21s and Barrow before losing to Fleetwood in the final group game then Bolton in the 2nd Round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara, defenders Drew Baker, Aristote Nsiaka and Zak Jules (loan), midfielders Harvey Macadam, Kyle White and Josh Harrop (loan) and forwards Ellis Harrison and Daniel Butterworth (loan).
They have allowed Ryan Colvin, Ali Crawford, Eoin Doyle, Matt Gilks, Harry Brockbank, Dennis Politic and Bright Amoateng on permanent deals while 5 players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
Fleetwood Wins: 5
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:
Fleetwood Town 3-0 Crewe Alexandra, 16th October 2021
Callum Johnson opened the scoring in the 60th minute before Danny Andrew (72) and Gerard Garner (90) would complete the scoring.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Adebisi, Offord, Thomas, McFadzean; Robertson, Murphy (Gomes 76), Finney; Kashket (Long 46), Porter (Mandron 71), Bennett
Fleetwood: Cairns; Johnson, Hill, Andrew; Biggins, Batty (McLaughlin 88), Camps, Matete, Clark (Lane 69); Garner, Edmondson (Morton)
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 Will Finnie the referee, Grant Taylor and Matthew Smith are his assistants with Alan Clayton the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Finnie in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Salford City (21st September 2019) – Porter, Lowery (2), Pickering
- Oxford United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (17th November 2020) – Mandron, Dale
- Portsmouth 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (14th August 2021)
