This afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra make the trip south to face Swindon Town looking to complete a league double following a win in South Cheshire in December.
This Season:
They sit in 22nd place in the league following wins against Rochdale, Burton Albion, Hull City, Bristol Rovers, Oxford United, Ipswich Town and Wigan Athletic, they have drawn with Shrewsbury Town and Charlton Athletic twice while they have lost against Blackpool, Peterborough United, AFC Wimbledon, Sunderland, Northampton Town, Plymouth Argyle twice, Accrington Stanley, Lincoln City, us, Gillingham, Fleetwood Town, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Doncaster Rovers, Hull, Shrewsbury and Portsmouth.
They lost in the 1st Round in both the FA Cup and EFL Cup to Darlington and Charlton respectively while they finished 3rd in their EFL Trophy group following defeats against West Brom’s Under-21s and Exeter City before defeating Forest Green Rovers in the final group game.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielder Christopher Missilou on permanent deals with Conor Masterson, Tyrese Omotoye and Jordon Garrick all joining on loan. Leaving the club were Joe Fryer, Toby Holland, Diallang Jaiyesimi and Kieron Freeman (who himself only joined at the start of the transfer window) with youngsters Archie Matthews and Luke Haines joining non-league clubs on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 15
Robins Wins: 19
Draws: 6
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in February 1983
Biggest Robins Win: 5-0 at the County Ground in August 2013
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Swindon Town, 1st December 2020
Anthony Grant gave the visitors the lead against his former club in the 20th minute with Tyler Smith doubling the lead 17 minutes later. Daniel Powell would get one back a couple of minutes later with Alex captain Perry Ng leveling the score 9 minutes after the break. Two goals in 5 minutes from Tom Lowery (62) and Owen Dale (66) saw the hosts prevail.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Lancashire, Offord, Pickering; Lowery, Wintle, Murphy (Finney 57); Dale, Porter (Mandron 57), Powell
Robins: Kovar; Caddis, Odimayo, Grounds, Donohue; Payne, Grant, M. Smith, Jaiyesimi (Curran 75); T. Smith (Stevens 73); Broadbent
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Marlon Broomes, Olly Lancashire, Patrick Noubissie, Colin Prophett, Alan Sheehan, Ashley Westwood
Midfielders: Alex Downie, Paul Edwards, Mark Gardiner, Anthony Grant, Tony Grant, Danny Hollands, Anthony McNamee, Alan Navarro, Gary Roberts, Kevin Stewart, Teddy Ware, Gareth Whalley
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Billy Bodin, Fred Chandler, Peter Coyne, Joel Grant, Marc Richards, Jimmy Thompson, Tommy Weale
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Ben Toner the referee, Dean Treleaven and Louis Marks are his assistants with Grant Taylor the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Toner in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Chesterfield (3rd October 2015) – Fox
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Rochdale (6th February 2016) – Haber, Inman
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town (1st October 2016) – Dagnall
- Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (8th April 2017) – Cooke, Dagnall
- Crewe Alexandra 0-5 Carlisle United (23rd September 2017)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Exeter City (5th October 2019) – Anene
- Hull City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (19th September 2020)
