PREVIOUS MEETING

League Two – September 17, 2011

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 0

CREWE ALEXANDRA 2

(Leitch-Smith, 11; Moore, 14)

FIRST-HALF efforts from Ajay Leitch-Smith and Byron Moore eased Crewe to victory when the sides met in East Lancashire last September.

Leitch-Smith drove home an angled volley to set the Alex on their way to a first-ever victory at the Crown Ground.

And Moore swooped soon after when he tucked the ball under Sean Murdoch after he latched on to a pass from Ashley Westwood.

Accrington: Murdoch, Long, Hessey, Murphy (Moult, 66), Winnard, McIntyre, Joyce, Proctor, Lindfield (Craney, 55), Amond (Guthrie, 74), Fletcher. Not used: Bender, Dunbavin.

Crewe: Phillips, Davis, Tootle, Dugdale, Martin, Bell, Murphy, Westwood, Miller (Shelley, 73), Moore (Mellor, 89), Leitch-Smith (Sarcevic, 78). Not used: Alan Martin, Connerton.

Attendance: 1,503.

FORM GUIDE

Accrington: LDWLL

Crewe: WWLWL

WHO WE'D LIKE TO SIGN

Bryan Hughes: The veteran midfielder. who once played for Birmingham and Charlton, has added some class and consistency to the midfield.

WHO TO BOO

Ian Dunbavin, above: In the hope the experienced keeper hits the self-destruct button again. He was sent off during Accrington's 5-1 panning at Gresty Road in 2010.

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Robert Madley (West Yorkshire): Sent off Plymouth's Conor Hourihane in Crewe's 3-2 home win last month.

PROBABLE TEAMS

Crewe: Phillips, Tootle, Carl Martin, Davis, Artell, Murphy, Bell, Westwood, Powell, Pearson, Miller.

Accrington: Dunbavin, Murphy, McIntyre, Nsiala, Winnard, Joyce, Hughes, Barnett, Devitt, Smith, Evans.

PREDICTION

CREWE to get back to winning ways, but only just. Shaun Miller nets a winner to end his drought after Jamie Devitt's opener is cancelled out by Nick Powell.