Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travel to Field Mill to face Mansfield Town with the hosts’ squad featuring former Alex forward Jordan Bowery.
This Season:
This season sees the Stags sitting in 2nd place having beaten Morecambe, Stockport County twice, Accrington Stanley, Barrow, Notts County, Harrogate Town, Walsall, Salford City, Newport County, Crawley Town, Sutton United and Grimsby Town, they have drawn with us, Doncaster Rovers twice, Grimsby, Bradford City, Colchester United, Gillingham, Wrexham, AFC Wimbledon and Tranmere Rovers while they have lost against Swindon Town.
They lost against Wrexham in the FA Cup 1st Round and lost against Port Vale in the Carabao Cup 4th Round after defeating Grimsby as well as both Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough United on penalties previously. In the EFL Trophy, they finished 3rd in their group after a win against Doncaster Rovers before defeats against Everton’s Under-21s and Burton Albion.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, midfielder Lewis Brunt has joined on loan while Anthony Hartigan has left the club on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 32
Town Wins: 31
Draws: 21
Biggest Alex Win: 7-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in February 1933
Biggest Town Win: 6-0 at the Field Mill in December 1953
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Mansfield Town, 5th August 2023
Davis Keillor-Dunn (22 & 26) saw the visitors into a 2-goal lead before Mickey Demetriou halved the deficit on 32 minutes. Calum MacDonald received a red card for the Stags in the 58th minute before Rio Adebisi levelled the score on the hour-mark.
Crewe: Davies; Adebisi, Offord, Demetriou, Williams (Cooney 81); Thomas, Powell (Holicek 81); Tracey, Tabiner, Long; Nevitt (Baker-Richardson 70)
Booked – Offord 37, Thomas 90
Mansfield: Pym; Johnson, Kilgour, Cargill, MacDonald; Lewis (Maris 75), Reed, Kellior-Dunn (Flint 60), Quinn (Boateng 75); Oates (Gale 90), Akins
Booked – Kellior-Dunn 58, Kilgour 59, Quinn 63, Reed 87
Sent Off – MacDonald 58
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Phil Kite, Stuart Naylor, Scott Shearer
Defenders: David Artell, Andrew Carr, Nicky Hunt, Adie Moses, Michael Raynes, Alan Sheehan, Ritchie Sutton, Stuart Watkiss, Wilf Yates
Midfielders: Lee Bell, Keith Briggs, Junior Brown, Peter Clark, Chris Clements, Colin Daniel, Paul Edwards, Harold Kay, Stan Keery, Adam King, Gary Roberts, Aman Verma
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Andrew Barrowman, Eric Betts, Jordan Bowery, Harry Broome, Neil Burns, Jim Cooper, Alan Daley, Len Featherby, Cyril Gilhespy, Dave Goodwin, Ivan Hollett, Colin Little, Alan Livingstone, Nicky Maynard, John Moore, Fred Morris, Vadaine Oliver, Darran Rowbotham, John Rowlands, Frank Watson, Andy White, Steve Wilkinson
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Marc Edwards is tomorrow’s referee with Christopher Ward and Daniel Woodward assisting him and Daniel Robinson the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Edwards in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Colchester United (19th October 2019) – Porter (2), Kirk
- Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Scunthorpe United (29th December 2019) – Powell (2), Green
- Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Crewe Alexandra (2nd February 2021) – Dale
- Fleetwood Town 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (16th October 2021)
- Barrow 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (29th October 2022)
