Tomorrow afternoon sees the Alex host Rotherham United at the Alexandra Stadium, the visitors’ squad containing former Alex loanee Daniel Barlaser.
This Season:
They sit in 3rd place following wins against Plymouth Argyle, Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, Bolton Wanderers twice, AFC Wimbledon, Cheltenham Town twice, Portsmouth, MK Dons, Sunderland, Cambridge United twice, Ipswich Town, Gillingham and Burton Albion, they have drawn with Lincoln City, us, Wycombe Wanderers, Charlton Athletic and Oxford United while they have lost against Wigan Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday, Fleetwood Town twice and Accrington Stanley.
They lost to Accrington in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they lost on penalties to Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup 3rd Round after knocking out Bromley and Stockport County in the previous rounds.
They finished top of their EFL Trophy group following wins against Doncaster, Scunthorpe United and Manchester City’s Under-21s before knocking out Port Vale (on pens), us and Cambridge (again on pens) to get to the semi-finals stage.
Transfers:
They have made no signings since the last meeting but have allowed goalkeeper Josh Chapman and defender Jake Hull to leave on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 29
Rotherham Wins: 31
Draws: 21
Biggest Alex Win: 8-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in October 1932
Biggest Rotherham Win: 8-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in September 1973
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 2-4 Rotherham United, 4th January 2022 (EFL Trophy)
Mika Mandron gave the Alex an 11th-minute lead before Kieran Sadlier would level the scores 4 minutes before the break. Matt Smith would give the visitors the lead in the 57th minute before Scott Robertson would level the scores 14 minutes later. Substitutes Joshua Kayode (82) and Freddie Ladapo (90) would send the Millers into the quarter-final stage.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; O’Riordan, Daniels, Thomas; Ramsay (Tabiner 68), Griffiths (Salisbury 85), Robertson, Johnson; Finney (Murphy 68), Mandron (Porter 85), Ainley
Rotherham: Vickers, Edmonds-Green, Ihiekwe, Mattock (Ogbene 78), Harding, Lindsay (Rathbone 71), Odofin, Bola (Ferguson 71), Sadlier, Smith (Kayode 62), Grigg (Ladapo 78)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Neil Cutler, Dave Felgate, Phil Kite, Gary Montgomery, Scott Shearer, Rhys Taylor
Defenders: David Artell, Semi Ajayi, Julien Baudet, Darren Carr, Martin Clark, Mark Foran, Nicky Hunt, Billy Jones, Colin Murdock, Jon Otsemobor, Michael Raynes, Gregor Robertson, Julian Watts
Midfielders: Daniel Barlaser, Eugen Bopp, Justin Cochrane, Gareth Evans, Paul Green, Geoff Hudson, Shaun MacDonald, Michael O’Connor, Gary Roberts, Trevor Womble
Forwards: Jordan Bowery, Febian Brandy, Harry Deacon, Peter Duffield, Robert Etherington, Stewart Evans, Dave Gwyther, Andy Haddock, Tom Hitchcock, Alex Kiwomya, Jimmy McConnell, Harold Mosby, Tom Pope, Neil Warnock
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Benjamin Speedie the referee, Paul Graham and Paul Stonier are his assistants with Conor Brown the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Speedie in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Lincoln City (27th October 2020)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Doncaster Rovers (9th March 2021) – Mandron
- Leeds United 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (24th August 2021, Carabao Cup)
