Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Forest Green Rovers at the Alexandra Stadium in the second game of the Easter programme, the first game of the mini season-ticket for the final three home games of the season which you can still buy here.
This Season:
This season sees The Green sitting in 24th place in the league having beaten Harrogate Town, Sutton United, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Barrow, Tranmere Rovers and Bradford City, they have drawn against AFC Wimbledon twice, Grimsby Town, Walsall, Gillingham twice, Salford City and Colchester while they have lost to Salford, Swindon Town twice, Newport County twice, us Doncaster Rovers twice, Notts County, Morecambe, Stockport County twice, Accrington Stanley twice, Barrow, Tranmere, Bradford, MK Dons, Harrogate, Mansfield Town, Crawley and Sutton.
They lost to Blackpool in the FA Cup second round (after beating Scarborough Athletic in the previous round) and against Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup first round. In the EFL Trophy, they topped their group having beaten Shrewsbury Town and Walsall (the latter on penalties) before defeats against Brighton & Albion’s Under-21s in the group (on pens) and Oxford United in the second round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Richard Keogh, midfielders Alex Rodriguez and Emmanuel Osadebe and forward Christian Doidge on permanent deals with goalkeeper Tommy Simkin, defender Dominic Thompson and midfielder Maxi Oyedele joining on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently was forward Matty Taylor while midfielders Alfie Bendle and Teddy Jenks have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 3
Rovers Wins: 2
Draws: 1
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at The New Lawn in September 2023
Biggest Rovers Win: 1-0 at The New Lawn in December 2018
Last Meeting
Forest Green Rovers 1-4 Crewe Alexandra, 9th September 2023
Reece Brown opened the scoring for the hosts in the 35th minute before Chris Long equalised 4 minutes after half-time. Courtney Baker-Richardson added a second-half brace (60 & 69) before substitute Elliott Nevitt finished the scoring 8 minutes from time.
Crewe: Davies; O’Riordan, Offord, Demetriou; Adebisi (Williams 75), Tabiner (White 63), Thomas, Powell (Lunt 75), Rowe (Cooney 46); Long, Baker-Richardson (Nevitt 75)
Booked – Tabiner 11, Offord 18, O’Riordan 64
Rovers: Daniels; Bernard, Inniss, Welch, Robson; McAllister, Brown (Johnson 53), Bunker (Jenks 72), Kadji (Dabo 53); Taylor (Omotoye 72), Deeney (Stevens 72)
Booked – Deeney 46, Robson 53, Bunker 68, Johnson 74
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Mark Ellis, Darren Kempson, Mark Roberts, Chris Stokes, Anthony Tonkin
Midfielders: Chris Clements, Sean Robertson
Forwards: Steve Guinan, Jamie Moralee, Daniel Powell, Luke Rodgers
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Geoff Eltringham is tomorrow’s referee with Mark Dwyer and Ryan Williams assisting him and Benjamin Speedie the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Eltringham in the last 5 years:
- Macclesfield Town 3-3 Crewe Alexandra (9th February 2019) – Bowery, Porter, Ray
