Tomorrow evening, Crewe Alexandra travel to Gander Green Lane to face Sutton United with former Alex forward Scott Kashket in the hosts’ playing squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Us sitting in 24th place having beaten Notts County, Walsall and Bradford City, they have drawn with MK Dons, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers and Grimsby Town while they have lost against Barrow, Gillingham, AFC Wimbledon, Newport County, Forest Green Rovers, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, Crawley Town, Salford City, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe and Wrexham.
They beat AFC Fylde in the FA Cup 1st Round (to set up a date against Horsham at the weekend) and would lose against Port Vale in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round following a win against Cambridge United and Wycombe Wanderers in the previous rounds. In the EFL Trophy, they finished 3rd in their group after defeats against Aston Villa’s Under-21s (on penalties) and Charlton Athletic either side of a penalties win against Crawley.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 10 permanent and 4 loan signings while 14 players have left the club permanently with Matt Kerbey and Tobi Ogundega leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at Gander Green Lane are goalkeeper Steve Arnold, defenders Ryan Jackson and Omar Sowunmi, midfielders Josh Coley, Craig Clay, Christian N’Guessan and Dominic Gape with forwards Harry Smith, Kashket and Omari Patrick completing the signings. Goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis and forwards Aiden O’Brien, D’Mani Mellor and Dion Pereira have joined the club on loan.
Leaving the club permanently were Enzio Boldewijn, Omar Bugiel, Filip Chalupniczak, Roman Charles-Cook, Luke Gambin, Kylian Kouassi, Adam Lovatt, Will Randall, Matt Ridley, Coby Rowe, Alistair Smith, Kwame Thomas, Donovan Wilson and Gucci Soulya-Osekanongo.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 1
Sutton Wins: 0
Draws: 1
Biggest Alex Win: 1-0 at Gresty Road in August 2022
Biggest Sutton Win: n/a
Last Meeting
Sutton United 1-1 Crewe Alexandra, 4th March 2023
Dan Agyei gave the visitors the lead in the 33rd minute before Rod McDonald would be sent off in the 63rd minute, Sutton levelling the score in stoppage-time through Coby Rowe.
Crewe: Beadle; Mellor, Offord, McDonald; Robertson (Griffiths 71), Tabiner (Ainley 60), Finnigan (Thomas 51), Uwakwe, Adebisi; Agyei, Nevitt (Baker-Richardson 71)
Booked – Tabiner 20, Finnigan 36
Sent Off – McDonald 63
Sutton: Rose; Kizzi, Rowe, Goodliffe, Hart (Milsom 75); Ajiboye, Eastmond, Beautyman, Randall (Boldewijn 75); Bugiel (Kouassi 75), Angol (Dennis 70)
Booked – Eastmond 82
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Darren Anderson, Terell Thomas
Midfielders: Billy Bingham, Sean Priddle, Simon Walton
Forwards: Chris Dickson, Scott Kashket
Officials:
The EFL have announced that John Busby is tomorrow’s referee with Mark Russell and Carl Fitch-Jackson assisting him and Matthew Russell the fourth official. Busby has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Eastleigh 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (FA Cup, 30th November 2019) – og
- Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Carlisle United (1st January 2020) – Ainley, Powell (2), Anene
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town (12th December 2020) – Dale, Wintle
- Lincoln City 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (6th March 2021)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Plymouth Argyle (8th February 2022) – Long
