Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Walsall with the hosts captained by former Alex defender Donervon Daniels.
This Season:
They sit in 14th place in the league after beating Hartlepool United, Newport County, Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon, Harrogate Town, Rochdale, Crawley Town, Doncaster Rovers, Swindon Town and Mansfield Town, they have drawn against Stevenage, Gillingham, Colchester United twice, Stockport County, Sutton United, Carlisle United, Tranmere Rovers, Northampton Town, Leyton Orient and Newport, while they have lost against Barrow, Grimsby Town, Bradford City, Leyton Orient, Tranmere, Mansfield Town, Stockport and Salford City.
They lost against Leicester City in the 4th Round of the FA Cup after defeating Wycombe Wanderers, Carlisle and Stockport in the previous rounds while they lost to Charlton Athletic in the 2nd Round of the Carabao Cup after beating Swindon in the first round. They finished bottom in their EFL Trophy group after losing to West Ham United’s Under-21s, Cheltenham Town and MK Dons.
Transfers:
During the last transfer window, they signed goalkeeper Jackson Smith, defender Joe Low, midfielders Robbie Willmott and Yann Songo’o and forwards Jamille Matt and Matty Stevens (all except Matt are on loan deals).
They have allowed forward Brendan Kiernan to leave the club permanently while midfielder Sam Perry joined Leamington on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 1
Harrogate Wins: 0
Draws: 0
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in August 2022
Biggest Harrogate Win: n/a
Last Meeting
Walsall 1-2 Crewe Alexandra, 1st February 2020
Caolan Lavery would give the hosts the lead in the 15th minute before Daniel Powell levelled the score 5 minutes after the break. Oliver Finney would score the winner midway through the second half.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Offord, Nottingham, Pickering; Jones, Wintle, Finney (Ainley 69); Powell, Anene, Kirk
Walsall: Roberts; Facey, Scarr, Sadler, Pring; Holden (Adebayo 78), Sheron (Guthrie 71), Kinsella, McDonald (Nolan 68); Gordon, Lavery
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Bertrand Bossu, Neil Etheridge, Mark Gayle, Clayton Ince, John Ruddy, Mark Smith
Defenders: Paul Boertien, Donervon Daniels, Micky Evans, Jon Guthrie, Olly Lancashire, Andy Taylor, Stuart Watkiss
Midfielders: George Evans, Stefan Oakes,
Forwards: Dan Agyei, Andrew Barrowman, Eric Betts, Peter Bodak, Febian Brandy, Harry Clarke, Colin Cramb, Bert Llewellyn, Steve Jones, Alan Livingstone, John Manning, Graham Matthews, Fred Morris, Albert Mullard, Alex Nicholls, Jimmy Robertson
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with David Rock the referee, Grant Taylor and Adam Ricketts are his assistants with Lewis Dawson the fourth official. The following Alex game has been refereed by Rock:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United (14th September 2019) – Nolan, Anene
