Tomorrow afternoon sees the Alex make the long trip to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town.
This Season:
They sit in 13th place following wins against Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Shrewsbury Town, Portsmouth, Fleetwood Town and Wycombe Wanderers, they have drawn with Morecambe, MK Dons, AFC Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday, Cambridge United and Oxford United while they have lost against Burton Albion, Cheltenham Town, Bolton Wanderers, Accrington Stanley, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland and Rotherham United.
They lost to Newport County in the Carabao Cup 1st Round and knocked Oldham Athletic out of the FA Cup to set up a game at home to Barrow in Round 2 next weekend. They would top their EFL Trophy group with wins over Gillingham and Colchester United (the latter on pens) after losing to West Ham United’s Under-21s in the first group game – they host Arsenal’s Under-21s in the 2nd Round on Wednesday night.
Transfers:
This summer has been a busy one for the Tractor Boys with 21 players arriving, 16 on permanent deals and 5 on season-long loans. Goalkeepers Vaclav Hladky and Christian Walton (loan) are joined by defenders Matt Penney, George Edmundsson, Cameron Burgess and loanee Hayden Coulson. Midfielders Callum Page, Rekeem Harper, Lee Evans, Scott Fraser, Kyle Edwards, Tom Carroll, Sam Morsy and loanee Bersant Celina would also join while forwards Wes Burns, Joe Pigott, Conor Chaplin, Sone Aluko, Tete Yengi and loanees Macauley Bonne and Louie Barry complete the signings.
They have allowed 23 players to leave on permanent deals and a further 5 players to leave on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 3
Ipswich Wins: 11
Draws: 4
Biggest Alex Win: 2-1 at Portman Road in April 1999
Biggest Ipswich Win: 5-1 at Portman Road in April 2005
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town, 30th January 2021
Charlie Kirk gave the Alex a 59th-minute lead before substitute Aaron Drinan leveled the score 15 minutes from time, Teddy Bishop would be sent off with two yellow cards in the 82nd minute.
Alex: Richards; Jones, Beckles, Lancashire, Pickering; Murphy (Porter 90), Wintle, Finney (Evans 79); Walker (Dale 52), Mandron, Kirk (Powell 79)
Town: Holy; Chambers, Woolfenden, McGuinness, Kenlock; Downes, Dozzell, Judge; Edwards (Drinan 75), Sears (Norwood 63), Thomas (Bishop 63)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Nick Colgan
Defenders: David Wright
Midfielders: Conor Grant, Paul Green, Jake Livermore, Gary Roberts, Simon Walton, Jermaine Wright
Forwards: Jack Connor, Nathan Ellington, Danny Haynes, Dave Pearson, Jimmy Robertson, Luke Varney, Jonathan Walters
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with James Oldham the referee, Michael Webb and Anthony Da Costa are his assistants with Geoffrey Russell the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Oldham in the last 5 years:
- Mansfield Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (8th October 2019) – Finney
- Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (21st November 2020) – Finney
