Tomorrow afternoon sees the Alex play the first of two home games this week with Wycombe Wanderers making the trip north – the visitors likely to have former Alex defender Anthony Stewart in their squad.
This Season:
They sit in 7th place following wins against Accrington Stanley, Cheltenham Town, Lincoln City, Charlton Athletic twice, Shrewsbury Town, Morecambe, Gillingham, Doncaster Rovers, us, Bolton Wanderers twice, Plymouth Argyle, Burton Albion, Oxford United and Cambridge United, they have drawn with Wigan Athletic, Oxford, Rotherham United, Fleetwood Town, Sheffield Wednesday, AFC Wimbledon, Sunderland, Shrewsbury, Lincoln and Cheltenham while they have lost against Sunderland, MK Dons twice, Ipswich Town twice, Portsmouth, Morecambe, Wigan and Accrington.
They lost to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round after knocking out Exeter City and Stevenage, both on penalties, while they lost to Hartlepool United in the FA Cup 1st Round after a replay.
They finished bottom of their EFL Trophy group following defeats against Aston Villa’s Under-21, MK Dons and Burton.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielders Lewis Wing and Jack Young (the latter on loan) as well as forward Ali Al-Hamadi.
Goalkeeper Curtis Anderson, defender James Clark and midfielder Matt Bloomfield would leave the club permanently while several players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 8
Wycombe Wins: 9
Draws: 3
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in November 2012 (FA Cup)
Biggest Wycombe Win: 5-1 at Adams Park in September 2016
Last Meeting:
Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra, 23rd October 2021
Ryan Tafazolli gave the hosts the lead in first-half stoppage-time before Tom Lowery would level the score with 13 minutes to play. It looked as if that would be enough to take a point back to South Cheshire before the Chairboys’ defender would add his and the club’s second in second-half stoppage-time.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Adebisi, Sass-Davies, Daniels, Offord, McFadzean; Robertson, Murphy (Lowery 69), Gomes; Long (Kashket 79), Porter (Mandron 69)
Wycombe: Stockdale; Stewart, Tafazolli, Jacobson; McCarthy, Thompson (Gape 68), Scowen, Obita; McCleary (Kaikai 75); Vokes (Akinfenwa 82), Hanlan
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Brian Parkin, Scott Shearer, Martin Taylor
Defenders: Mark Foran, Peter Johnson, Anthony Stewart, James Tunnicliffe
Midfielders: Anthony Grant, Stuart Green, Neil Lennon, Anthony McNamee, Stefan Oakes, Barry Silkman, Kenny Swain
Forwards: Gary Blissett, Simon Church, Joel Grant, Uche Ikpeazu, Scott Kashket, Dean Morgan
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Andy Haines the referee, Johnathon Bickerdike and Joe Simpson are his assistants with Lewis Raper the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Haines in the last 5 years:
- Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra (8th April 2017) – Cooke, Dagnall
- Crewe Alexandra 0-5 Carlisle United (23rd September 2017)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (2nd November 2019)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town (22nd February 2020) – Porter, Walker
- Rochdale 3-3 Crewe Alexandra (9th January 2021) – Finney (2), Dale
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Rochdale (24th April 2021) – Kirk
- Crewe Alexandra 1-4 MK Dons (30th October 2021) – Long
