This afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra make the trip south to face Peterborough United looking to complete a league double following a win in South Cheshire in November.
This Season:
They sit in 5th place in the league following wins against Fleetwood Town, Swindon Town, Northampton Town, Oxford United, Wigan Athletic, Hull City, Shrewsbury Town, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale, MK Dons, Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town, they have drawn with Burton Albion, MK Dons, Lincoln City and Bristol R while they have lost against Accrington Stanley, Sunderland, us, Blackpool, Portsmouth and Shrewsbury.
They lost 1-0 at home to Cheltenham Town in the 1st Round of the EFL Cup, beat Oxford United in the FA Cup before losing to Chorley in Round 2 and finished in 2nd place in their EFL Trophy group, beating Burton (on penalties) and Fulham’s Under-21s and losing on penalties to group winners Cambridge United. They would defeat West Ham United’s Under-21s and Portsmouth before losing to Tranmere Rovers in the quarter-finals.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have let George Boyd and Jason Naismith leave the club permanently while Ryan Broom and Serhat Tasdemir have left on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 12
Posh Wins: 29
Draws: 10
Biggest Alex Win: 5-1 at London Road in August 1994
Biggest Posh Win: 5-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in November 2015
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Peterborough United, 14th November 2020
Harry Pickering opened the scoring in the 29th minute from a free-kick before Charlie Kirk doubled the lead 4 minutes before the break.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Lowery, Wintle, Finney (Murphy 83); Powell (Dale 76), Mandron, Kirk
Posh: Pym; Mason (Blake-Tracy 46), Kent, Beevers; Ward, Reed (Hamilton 54), Brown, Butler; Szmodics (Eisa 70); Clarke-Harris, Dembele
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Steve Collis, Jerry Lowery, Stuart Naylor, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: Danny Blanchett, Sagi Burton, Colin Daniel, Mark Foran, Wakeley Gage, Peter Johnson, Doug McClure, Ben Nugent, Alan Sheehan, Matt Wicks
Midfielders: Tony Cliss, Callum Cooke, George Cooper, John Duthie, Anthony Grant, Brad Inman, Adam King, Jake Livermore
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Steve Anthrobus, Dougald Campbell, Alan Daley, Barry Tait
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Carl Boyeson the referee, Conor Farrell and Michael Chard are his assistants with Declan Bourne the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Boyeson in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Blackpool (24th September 2016) – Lowe
- Lincoln City 1-4 Crewe Alexandra (27th February 2018) – Pickering, Bowery (2), Green
- Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Macclesfield Town (1st September 2018) – Kirk, Bowery (2)
- Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Tranmere Rovers (17th November 2018) – Ainley (2), Kirk
- Morecambe 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (5th January 2019) – Jones, Porter
- Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (10th August 2019) – Porter (2)
