This afternoon sees the Alex travel to Stadium: MK to face MK Dons with both teams needing the win to have any realistic chance of playoff contention at the end of the season.
This Season:
They sit in 12th place in the league following wins against Gillingham, Wigan Athletic. Sunderland, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town, Fleetwood Town, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Hull City, Northampton Town, Accrington Stanley, Plymouth Argyle, Burton Albion and Doncaster Rovers, they have drawn with Doncaster, Ipswich Town, AFC Wimbledon, Northampton, Shrewsbury Town, Burton, Peterborough United, Sunderland and Oxford United while they have lost against Lincoln City, us, Portsmouth, Oxford, Blackpool, Hull, Accrington, Plymouth, Peterborough, Charlton, Shrewsbury, Gillingham, Wigan Athletic and Blackpool.
In the cups, they lost out on penalties at Burnley in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup (knocking out Eastleigh in Round 1 on penalties and Barnet in Round 2), they against in Round 1 of the Carabao Cup and finished top of their EFL Trophy group following wins against Northampton and Stevenage with a defeat against Southampton’s Under-21s. They would knock out Norwich City’s Under-21s and Northampton before losing to Sunderland in the quarter-finals.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Andy Fisher, defenders Warren O’Hora (following a loan spell with the club), Harry Darling and Zak Jules, midfielders Andy Surman, Matt O’Riley and Josh McEachran with forwards Cameron Jerome and Charlie Brown completing the permanent signings. Defender Ethan Laird and striker Will Grigg have both joined the club on loan.
Defenders Callum Brittain, Bailly Cargill, Richard Keogh, George Williams and Regan Poole have all left the club on permanent deals while midfielder Hiram Boateng and forward Sam Nombe joining Cambridge United and Luton Town respectively on loan with goalkeeper Laurie Walker had joined Oldham Athletic on a short-term emergency loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 5
Dons Wins: 4
Draws: 3
Biggest Alex Win: 2-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in January 2014
Biggest Dons Win: 6-1 at Stadium:MK in September 2014
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 MK Dons, 26th September 2020
Mikael Mandron gave the hosts the lead in the 13th minute with Oli Finney adding the second 7 minutes later.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Murphy, Wintle, Finney (Lundstram 70); Dale (Ainley 78), Mandron, Kirk
Dons: Nicholls; O’Hora, Lewington, Cargill; Brittain, Sorensen (Fraser 46), Houghton, Gladwin, Sorinola (Keogh 83); Mason (Nombe 71), Morris
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ademola Bankole, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: Jon Otsemobor, James Tunnicliffe, Danny Woodards
Midfielders: Chuks Aneke, Mark Carrington, Jake Livermore, Anthony McNamee, Alan Navarro
Forwards: Jordan Bowery, Simon Church, Ryan Colclough, Tom Hitchcock, Ryan Lowe, Nicky Maynard, John Miles, Dean Morgan, Daniel Powell, Ryan Seager, Allan Smart, Stephen Walker
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Andy Woolmer the referee, Robert Hyde and Nigel Lugg are his assistants with Michael George the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Woolmer in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Port Vale (2nd April 2018) – Wintle, Kirk
- Notts County 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (29th September 2018) – Bowery
