Tuesday afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travels to the Bescot Stadium to face Walsall with former Alex defender Donervon Daniels likely to captain the hosts.
This Season:
This season sees the Saddlers sitting in 16th place having beaten Stockport County, Colchester United, Salford City, Bradford City, Gillingham, Notts County and Tranmere Rovers, they have drawn with us, Grimsby Town, MK Dons, Newport County, Crawley Town and Forest Green Rovers while they have lost against Morecambe, Wrexham, Swindon Town, AFC Wimbledon, Sutton United, Mansfield Town, Harrogate Town and Barrow.
They face Southampton in the FA Cup 3rd Round after defeating Sheppey United and Alfreton Town (following a replay) in the previous rounds and lost against Blackburn Rovers in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished bottom in their group after defeats against Brighton & Hove Albion’s Under-21s, Forest Green (on penalties) and Shrewsbury Town.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, defender David Okagbue and midfielder Harvey Griffiths have joined the club while former Alex loanee Chris Hussey left the club to join Stratford Town.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 25
Walsall Wins: 31
Draws: 21
Biggest Alex Win: 5-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in May 1993
Biggest Walsall Win: 6-0 at the Fellows Park in October 1958
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Walsall, 19th August 2023
Freddie Draper opened the scoring in the first minute for the visitors before Isaac Hutchinson doubled the lead just before the half-hour mark. Elliott Nevitt pulled one back for the Alex on the hour before Jack Powell equalised in stoppage time.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, Demetriou, Williams (Holicek 46); Cooney (Finney 65, O’Riordan 90), Tabiner, Powell, Adebisi; Tracey, Nevitt, Long
Booked – Nevitt 77
Walsall: Evans; McEntee, Daniels, Hussey; Foulkes (Williams 87), Tierney (Riley 76), Stirk, Hutchinson, Gordon; Draper (Oteh 69), Johnson (Matt 69)
Booked – Stirk 65
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ernie Adams, Ademola Bankole, Clayton Ince, John Ruddy, Ben Williams
Defenders: Sagi Burton, Dean Howell, Chris Hussey, Tony McCarthy, Mick Packer, Efe Sodje, Paul Tierney, Andy Taylor, David Wright, Steve Wright
Midfielders: Andy Bond, David Fox, Tecwun Jones, Brian Launders, Alan Maybury
Forwards: Terry Anderson, Graham Barrett, Andrew Barrowman, Pat Connolly, Fred Inskip, Mika Mandron, Jamie Moralee, Dean Morgan, Bill Pendergast, Chris Porter, Dominic Smith, Billy Stark
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Scott Jackson is Tuesday’s referee with Danny Gratton and Alex Gray assisting him and Stuart Kane the fourth official. The following Crewe game has been refereed by Jackson in the last 5 years:
- Swindon Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (12th August 23) – Williams, Adebisi
