Wednesday afternoon sees the second half of the season start with league leaders Lincoln City coming to the Alexandra Stadium.
Looking at the hosts, so far this season they have 14 victories, 5 draws and 3 losses in the league as they sit top of the league. They have beaten Northampton Town, Swindon Town, Bury, Notts County, Exeter City, Macclesfield Town, MK Dons, Cheltenham Town, us, Port Vale, Forest Green Rovers, Stevenage, Morecambe and Newport County, they have drawn with Grimsby Town, Cambridge United, Carlisle United, Mansfield Town and Oldham Athletic and have lost to Crawley Town, Tranmere Rovers and Colchester United.
In cup competitions, they lost to Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Cup 2nd round after beating Vale in Round 1 while they have Everton in FA Cup Round 3 after knocking out Northampton Town and Carlisle. In the EFL Trophy, they advanced in 2nd place out of their group that also contained Mansfield, Scunthorpe United and Wolves Under-21 before being knocked out on penalties against Accrington Stanley in Round 2.
Looking back in the archives, the two teams have met 102 times with Lincoln leading the head-to-head with 39 wins to 33 with 30 draws. Crewe’s biggest win came in a 8-1 victory at the Alexandra Stadium in December 1931 while City’s biggest win came at Sincil Bank in September 1951 where they won 11-1. Last season saw 2 away wins with both teams winning 4-1 at their opposition’s ground.
Who are the officials for the game?
The officials for this game see Chris Sarginson as the man in the middle where he is assisted by Ravel Cheosiaua and David Benton with Danny Gratton being the fourth official. During the last 5 seasons the following Crewe games have been refereed by Sarginson:
- Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Sheffield United (1st February 2014) – Aneke (2), Moore
- Barnsley 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (12th August 2014, EFL Cup) – Waters, Tootle
- Coventry City 1-3 Crewe Alexandra (25th April 2015) – Dalla Valle, Colclough, Haber
- Colchester United 2-3 Crewe Alexandra (24th November 2015) – Colclough, Haber, Lowe
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Yeovil Town (22nd October 2016)
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (2nd September 2017)
- Forest Green Rovers 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (18th November 2017) – Porter, Bowery
- Carlisle United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (13th January 2018)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Mansfield Town (30th October 2018)
