Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra host Sunderland at the Alexandra Stadium.
This Season:
They sit in 4th place in the league following wins against Wigan Athletic, MK Dons, AFC Wimbledon, Wycombe Wanderers, Accrington Stanley, Bolton Wanderers, Cheltenham Town and Gillingham, have drawn against Fleetwood Town and have lost to Burton Albion and Portsmouth.
They are through to face Queens Park Rangers in the 4th Round of the Carabao Cup having knocked out Port Vale, Blackpool and Wigan (all away from home) and have qualified from their EFL Trophy group after wins against Lincoln City and Manchester United’s Under-21s, topping the group if they avoid losing in 90 minutes against a Bradford City team that have lost both games. They host Mansfield Town in the FA Cup 1st Round.
Transfers:
Sunderland have made 17 signings this summer, 12 permanent signings as well as 5 season-long loans. Goalkeepers Jacob Carney, Jack McIntyre and Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (loan) with defenders Ethan Kachosa, Nathan Newall, Dennis Cirkin, Niall Huggins and loanees Callum Doyle and Frederik Alves also arriving. The midfield has been strengthened with Harrison Sohna, Thomas Scott, Alex Pritchard and Corry Evans with forwards Tyrese Dyce and loanees Nathan Broadhead and Leon Dajuka completing the signings.
They have allowed * to leave permanently while 5 players have left on loan deals until at least January.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 2
S’land Wins: 9
Draws: 2
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:
Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Sunderland, 20th October 2020
Goals from Chris Porter and Tom Lowery gave the Alex a 2-goal half-time lead before substitutes Jordan Jones (76) and Chris Maguire (90) gave the Black Cats a point.
Alex: Richards; Daniels, Wood, Beckles, Pickering; Lowery, Wintle, Murphy, Kirk; Mandron, Porter (Dale 85)
Sunderland: Burge; McLaughlin, Sanderson, O’Nien, McFadzean (Maguire 59); O’Brien (Leadbitter 59, Winchester 66), Power, Scowen, McGeady (Jones 59); Gooch (Diamond 59); 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 Carl Boyeson the referee, Lee Freeman and Conor Brown are his assistants with Paul Graham the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Boyeson in the last 5 years:
- Peterborough Feb 21 A
