Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Morecambe at the Alexandra Stadium with former Alex loanee Chris Stokes amongst the visitors’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Shrimps sitting in 11th place in the league having beaten Walsall, Bradford City, Salford City, Forest Green Rovers, Colchester United, Sutton United twice, Tranmere Rovers twice, AFC Wimbledon, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons and Crawley Town, they have drawn with Notts County, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, Stockport County, Bradford City, Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and AFC Wimbledon while they have lost against Mansfield, Harrogate, Gillingham, Barrow, Grimsby Town, Wrexham, Newport County, MK Dons, Notts County, Colchester and Walsall.
They lost against Swansea City in the FA Cup 3rd Round after defeating Lincoln City and Wycombe Wanderers in the previous rounds and against Rotherham United on penalties in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished third in their group after defeats against Liverpool’s Under-21s and Blackpool either side of beating Barrow.
Transfers:
Since the postponement 6 weeks ago, they have completed the permanent signing of forward Jordy Hiwula while midfielder Nelson Khumbeni and forward Julian Larsson have both joined on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently was Adam Mayor while defender Leyton Holden and forward Matthew Williams left on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 9
Morecambe Wins: 4
Draws: 3
Biggest Alex Win: 6-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in August 2018
Biggest Morecambe Win: 4-3 at Christie Park in April 2010
Last Meeting
Morecambe 1-2 Crewe Alexandra, 29th December 2021
Greg Leigh opened the scoring for the hosts in the 36th minute against his former club before Chris Porter levelled the score 7 minutes after the break with Luke Murphy scoring the winner on 58 minutes.
Crewe: Richards; Ainley (Johnson 78), Offord, Sass-Davies, Williams, Adebisi (Ramsay 52); Lowery, Murphy, Finney (Robertson 85); Porter, Mandron
Booked – Adebisi 42, Murphy 59
Morecambe: Letheren; McLaughlin, Gibson, O’Connor, Jones, Leigh; Wildig (McDonald 70), Phillips (Diagouraga 48), McLoughlin; Obika (Gnahoua 68), Ayunga
Booked – n/a
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Joe Anyon, Lee Jones, Danijel Nizic, Mark Smith
Defenders: Richard Annan, David Artell, Ryan Cooney, Harry Davis, Adam Dugdale, Dean Howell, Anthony Hughes, Darran Kempson, Greg Leigh, Chris McCready, Kelvin Mellor, Dave Miller, Christian Mbulu, Chris Stokes, Ritchie Sutton, Adam Yates
Midfielders: Josh Austerfield, Antony Evans, Jim Harvey, Eli King, Peter King, Chris Lightfoot, Joe Lynch, Andy Lyons, Dave McKearney, Lee Molyneux, Neil Sorvel, Steve Walters
Forwards: AJ Leitch-Smith, Shaun Miller, Neil Morton, Jon Newby, Vadaine Oliver, Jason Oswell, Tom Wagstaffe
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Farai Hallam is tomorrow’s referee with Thomas Harty and Danny Gratton assisting him and Simon Mather the fourth official. This is the first Crewe game that Hallam will have refereed.
