Crewe Alexandra hosts Salford City at the Alexandra Stadium tomorrow afternoon with former Alex midfielder Matty Lund as part of the visitors’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Ammies sitting in 20th place having beaten Forest Green Rovers, Tranmere Rovers, Newport County, Sutton United, us, Doncaster Rovers and Crawley Town, they have drawn against Crawley, Swindon Town, Barrow, Stockport County, AFC Wimbledon, Forest Green and Bradford City while they have lost against Grimsby Town twice, Accrington Stanley twice, Morecambe, Walsall, Notts County, Harrogate Town, Wrexham, Mansfield Town, Gillingham, MK Dons, Colchester United and Tranmere.
They lost to Burnley in the Carabao Cup Round 3 (having beaten Preston North End and Leeds United in the previous rounds) and were knocked out by Peterborough United in the FA Cup 1st Round on penalties. In the EFL Trophy, they finished in 3rd in their group having lost to both Bolton Wanderers and Stockport County before beating Manchester United’s Under-21s in their final group game.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielder Jez Davies on a permanent deal while Odin Bailey (permanent) and Marcus Dackers (loan) have left the club.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
Salford Wins: 3
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
Salford City 4-2 Crewe Alexandra, 7th October 2023
Courtney Baker-Richardson opened the scoring for the visitors in the 27th minute before Matt Smith levelled the score in first-half stoppage time. Smith, Ryan Watson and substitute Kevin Berkoe (58, 71, 90 respectively) saw the hosts into a 3-goal lead before Baker-Richardson got a consolation in the third minute of stoppage-time.
Crewe: Davies; Offord (Finney 85), O’Riordan, Demetriou; Adebisi, Powell, Tabiner, Williams (Nevitt 76); Tracey (White 60), Baker-Richardson, Holicek (Rowe 60)
Booked – Baker-Richardson 38, O’Riordan 59
Salford: Cairns; Ingram, Mariappa, Tilt, John; Watt, Lund (Watson 65), Mallan; Bolton, Smith (Dackers 90), N’Mai (Berkoe 87)
Booked – Ingram 35, Watt 68
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 Stephen Parkinson is tomorrow’s referee with Kevin Howick and Ollie Williams assisting him and Marc Edwards the fourth official. This is the first Crewe game that Parkinson will referee.
