Crewe Alexandra travel to Prenton Park to face Tranmere Rovers tomorrow afternoon with former Alex midfielder Brad Walker as part of the hosts’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees The Rovers sitting in 17th place having beaten Harrogate Town, Accrington Stanley, Bradford City, Forest Green Rovers, Gillingham, Newport County, Swindon Town, Salford City, Harrogate Town, Notts County and Grimsby Town, they have drawn with Grimsby, Sutton United and Mansfield Town while they have lost against Barrow twice, MK Dons twice, Salford City, Notts County, Wrexham, Colchester United, Crawley Town, AFC Wimbledon, us, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe, Stockport County and Walsall.
They lost to Leicester City in the Carabao Cup Round 2 (having beaten Barnsley in the previous round on penalties) and were knocked out by Stevenage in the FA Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished bottom of their group having lost to Fleetwood Town, Leicester City Under-21s and Wigan Athletic, the latter on penalties.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have re-signed forward Rob Apter on loan (who briefly returned to parent club Blackpool) while Ben Hockenhull, Rhys Hughes, Mikey Davies and Luis Lacey have all left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 47
Tranmere Wins: 61
Draws: 33
Biggest Alex Win: 6-1 at Prenton Park in December 1961
Biggest Tranmere Win: 6-1 at Prenton Park in February 1937
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Tranmere Rovers, 14th October 2023
Mickey Demetriou gave the Alex the lead in the 11th minute before Luke McGee was sent off for handling outside his area minutes after the break. Chris Long doubled the lead 7 minutes after the break before Tom Davies was sent off for picking up two yellow cards in second-half stoppage time to reduce the visitors to 9-men.
Crewe: Davies; Cooney, Offord, Demetriou, Adebisi (Finney 67); Powell, Tabiner; Tracey (Lunt 90), White (Nevitt 71), Long (Rowe 71); Baker-Richardson
Booked – Davies 37, Tracey 77, Powell 90
Tranmere: McGee; Lee, Davies, Yarney, Wood; Jennings, Hendry, Morris (Murphy 50); Saunders, Jolley (Dennis 67), Hawkes (Apter 85)
Booked – Hendry 90, Davies 90 (+6)
Sent Off – McGee 48, Davies 90 (+12)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Owain fon Williams, Andy Gorton, Tom Poskett, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: Zoumana Bakayogo, Marlon Broomes, Donervon Daniels, Adam Dugdale, Steve Edwards, Mark Ellis, Steve Foster, Eric Hornby, Stephen Hughes, Mike Jackson, Mark McCarrick, Chris McCready, John McMahon, Dave Miller, Jon Otsemobor, George Ray, Ritchie Sutton, Andy Taylor, Danny Woodards, Wilf Yates
Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Eddie Bishop, Junior Brown, Steve Craven, Clive Evans, Dan Gardner, Tony Grant, Jim Harvey, Lee Molyneux, Alan Navarro, Mark Palios, Alex Russell
Forwards: David Amoo, Owen Brown, Chris Dagnall, Bernard Evans, Michael Higdon, Lee Jones, Ossie Jones, Mark Leonard, Ryan Lowe, John Manning, Nicky Maynard, Malcolm Moore, Elliott Nevitt, James Roberts, Stan Rowlands, Gareth Taylor, Stephen Walker, Albert Wood, Calvin Zola
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Carl Brook is tomorrow’s referee with Alan Clayton and Danny Gratton assisting him and Kevin Mulraine the fourth official. Brook has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (2nd November 2019)
