Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travel to Moor Lane to face Salford City with the hosts’ squad containing former Alex Academy alum Matty Lund.
This Season:
This season sees The Ammies sitting in 17th place in the league having beaten Forest Green Rovers, Tranmere Rovers, Newport County and Sutton United, they have drawn against Crawley Town while they have lost against Grimsby Town, Accrington Stanley, Morecambe, Walsall, Notts County and Harrogate Town.
They lost to Burnley in the Carabao Cup Round 3 (having beaten Preston North End and Leeds United in the previous rounds) while they lost to Bolton Wanderers in a group that also contains Stockport County and Manchester United’s Under-21s.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 9 permanent and 3 loan signings while 12 players have left the club permanently with Odin Bailey and Callum Morton leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at Moor Lane are goalkeeper Alex Cairns, defenders Luke Garbutt, Curtis Tilt and Tosin Olopade, midfielders Ossama Ashley and Jordan Fankwe with Connor McLennan, Sandro da Costa and Junior Buamba completing the signings. Goalkeeper Joe Wright (Jan) and defenders Ethan Ingram (full season) and Declan John (Jan) are the loan signings.
Leaving the club permanently were Ashley Eastham, Jason Lowe, Shane McLoughlin, James Melhado, Richard Nartey, Josh O’Brien, Colin Oppong, Adam Porter, Matt Sargent, Elliot Simoes, Ibou Touray and Ryan Leak.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
Salford Wins: 2
Draws: 0
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at Alexandra Stadium in September 2019
Biggest Salford Win: 3-0 at Moor Lane in August 2022
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Salford City, 10th March 2023
Louie Barry opened the scoring for the visitors in the 19th minute before goals from Dan Agyei (31, pen) and Joel Tabiner (40) saw the Alex take the lead. Callum Hendry’s 45th-minute goal levelled the score with substitute Stevie Mallan seeing the Ammies into the lead with 5 minutes to play. Connor O’Riordan equalised with 3 minutes to play with Agyei winning the game in stop
Crewe: Beadle; Mellor, O’Riordan, Offord, Adebisi; Ainley (Colkett 76), Finnigan, Tabiner (Baker-Richardson 87), Uwakwe (Thomas 87), Agyei; Nevitt
Booked – O’Riordan 89, Agyei 90, Finnigan 90
Salford: Cairns; Lowe, Vassell, Leak, Touray; Watt (Smith 70), Lund (Mallan 58); Bolton, Galbraith, Barry (Morton 70); Hendry
Booked – MacDonald 11, Ehmer 90
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Martyn Booty, Michael Nottingham, Harry Worley
Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Matty Lund, Liam Nolan, Michael O’Connor
Forwards: n/a
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Thomas Kirk is tomorrow’s referee with Kevin Morris and Kevin Howick assisting him and Mark Jones the fourth official. This is the first time that Kirk will have refereed a Crewe game.
