Tomorrow evening sees the Alex travel to the DW Stadium to face high-flying Wigan Athletic.
This Season:
They sit in 2nd place following wins against Rotherham United, Charlton Athletic twice, Portsmouth, Doncaster Rovers twice, Accrington Stanley, Cheltenham Town, Gillingham, Bolton Wanderers, AFC Wimbledon, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town, Plymouth Argyle, Shrewsbury Town, Oxford United and Morecambe, they have drawn with Wycombe Wanderers, Cambridge United, Ipswich Town, Cheltenham and Oxford while they have lost against Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday twice, MK Dons and Lincoln City.
They lost to Sunderland in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round after knocking out Hull City and Bolton (both on penalties) while they lost to Stoke City in the FA Cup 4th Round after beating Solihull Moors (after extra-time in a replay), Colchester United and Blackburn Rovers.
They finished second of their EFL Trophy group following wins against Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21s (on penalties) and Shrewsbury Town either side of a defeat to us before knocking out Accrington Stanley (on penalties), Oldham Athletic and Arsenal’s Under-21s to set up a semi-final against Sutton United.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defenders Curtis Tilt (previously on loan) and Timi Sobowale, midfielders Graeme Shinnie, Jamie McGrath, Joe Adams and Glen Rea (the latter on loan from Luton Town) and forward Josh Magennis.
Leaving the club were forwards Viv Solomon-Otabor and Jordan Jones, the former permanently and the latter on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 12
Latics Wins: 17
Draws: 6
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in April 1994
Biggest Latics Win: 4-1 at The DW Stadium in October 2004
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Wigan Athletic, 5th October 2021 (EFL Trophy)
Oli Finney opened the scoring for the hosts in the 14th minute before a Scott Smith own goal on the hour-mark sealed the win.
Alex: Richards; Johnson, Offord, Thomas, McFadzean; Lundstram, Griffiths, Gomes, Finney; Mandron, Porter
Wigan: Tickle; Lloyd, Kerr, Tilt, Pearce; Smith, Bayliss; Massey, Sze (Robinson 76), Edwards; Humphrys
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Adam Bogdan, Dave Felgate
Defenders: Donervon Daniels, Chey Dunkley, Nigel Hart, Ryan Kirby, John McMahon, Dave McKearney, Dave Miller, Paul Rennie, Sam Stubbs, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, David Wright
Midfielders: Chris Duffy, Clive Evans, Geoff Gay, Chris Lightfoot, Andy Lyons, Nick Powell, Gary Roberts, Gareth Whalley, Phil Williams
Forwards: Billy Bootle, Ryan Colclough, Nathan Ellington, Wayne Entwistle, Fred Eyre, Bobby Finan, Dan Gardner, Albert Kinsey, Mark Leonard, Bert Llewellyn, Mikael Mandron, Nicky Maynard, Neil Morton, Harold Mosby, Mike Newell, Kevin Sheldon, Paul Tait
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Tom Reeves the referee, Christopher Ward and Chris Isherwood are his assistants with Simon Mather the fourth official. The following Crewe game is the only one to have been refereed by Reeves in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Wigan Athletic (5th October 2021) – Finney, og
