Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Sunderland at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors looking to complete the league double following the game in October.
This Season:
They sit in 5th place in the league following wins against Oxford United, Peterborough United, Swindon Town, us, Gillingham, Ipswich Town twice, Lincoln City, AFC Wimbledon, Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town, they have drawn with Bristol Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Rochdale, Doncaster Rovers, Fleetwood, Burton, Wimbledon, Northampton Town, Hull City, Gillingham and MK Dons, while they have lost against Portsmouth, MK Dons, Wigan Athletic, Plymouth Argyle and Shrewsbury.
They lost in the 1st Round in both the FA Cup and EFL Cup to Mansfield Town and Hull (on penalties) respectively while they finished 2nd in their EFL Trophy group after wins against Aston Villa’s Under-21s and Carlisle United before losing to Fleetwood in the final group game. They would eliminate Oldham Athletic, Port Vale and MK Dons before beating Lincoln on penalties to set up a game against Tranmere Rovers next month at Wembley.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielder Carl Winchester from Forest Green Rovers as well as forward Ross Stewart on permanent deals as well as loanees Jordan Jones and Jake Vokins to add quality to their left side. They have allowed Jay Turner-Cooke, Morgan Feeney and Danny Graham to leave the club on permanent deals as well as loan spells for Elliott Embleton and Will Grigg.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
S’land Wins: 9
Draws: 1
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in November 2003
Biggest S’land Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in September 1998
Last Meeting:
Sunderland 1-0 Crewe Alexandra, 20th October 2020
Luke Offord’s own goal on the stroke of half-time saw the hosts pick up a well-deserved win at the Stadium of Light.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Murphy, Wintle, Finney (Ainley 67); Powell (Dale 57), Mandron (Porter 82), Kirk
Sunderland: Burge; McLaughlin, Wright, O’Nien; Gooch (Flanagan 87), Scowen (Dobson 84), Leadbitter, Power, Hume; Maguire (O’Brien 74); Wyke
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Nick Colgan
Defenders: Billy Jones, Jack Jones, Stephen Wright
Midfielders: Chris Lumsdon, Jimmy McGuigan, Calvin Palmer, David Vaughan
Forwards: John Dillon, Wayne Entwistle, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Cyril Gilhespy, Mikael Mandron, John Moore, Malcolm Moore, Tom Wagstaffe, Nigel Walker, Mart Watkins, Billy Whitehurst, Albert Wood
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Chris Sarginson the referee, Ian Smedley and Abbas Khan are his assistants with Paul Graham the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Sarginson in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Yeovil Town (22nd October 2016)
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (2nd September 2017)
- Forest Green Rovers 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (18th November 2017) – Porter, Bowery
- Carlisle United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (13th January 2018)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Mansfield Town (30th October 2018)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Lincoln City (26th December 2018) – Porter, Jones
- Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Everton Under-21s (6th November 2019, EFL Trophy) – Ainley, Dale
- Scunthorpe United 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (25th January 2020) – Powell, Finney
