Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra

Last updated : 20 February 2015 By Rob Miles (BarnsleyBoy)

Team News

Barnsley caretakers Mark Burton and Paul Heckingbottom are set to make changes for their first home match in charge. Burton claimed three or four of his players “threw in the towel” in the 5-1 defeat at Crawley last weekend and they look likely to miss out.

Leroy Lita is one player set to drop to the bench. The 30 year old who grabbed his first Barnsley goal against Crewe back in August (one of only two strikes he has managed for the club) made his first start since the beginning of January at Crawley but his substitute replacement Kane Hemmings scored that day- his second goal in three appearances and will likely start tomorrow for the seventh home game in a row.

Dale Jennings who did not feature at Crawley, played for the Under 21s in midweek and is at least expected to be in the squad, as will be John O’Sullivan who arrived on loan from Blackburn this week.

One definite absentee is Alex Kiwomya who has returned to parent club Chelsea whilst key players Peter Ramage and Sam Winnall are again expected to miss out.

 

Last time out - Barnsley Team:

Ross Turnbull

George Smith

Lewin Nyatanga

Martin Cranie

Mason Holgate

Josh Scowen

Ben Pearson

Conor Hourihane

Milan Lalkovic

Leroy Lita

George Waring

 

Head to Head

Last Six Barnsley v Crewe results:           

16/8/14 Crewe (Billy Waters 22) 1-2 Barnsley (Leroy Lita 57, Martin Cranie 57) (League One)

12/08/14 Barnsley 0–2 Crewe (Billy Waters 32, Matt Tootle 84) (League Cup)

12/8/08 Crewe (Michael O’Connor 14, Anthony Elding 36) 2-0 Barnsley (League Cup)

21/4/03 Barnsley (Clayton Ince og 33) 1-2 Crewe (Neil Sorvel 34, Rob Hulse 62) (Division Two)

14/12/02 Crewe (Stephen Foster 17, Rodney Jack 82) 2-0 Barnsley (Division Two)

5/3/02 Crewe (Dean Ashton 43, Kevin Street 90) 2-0 Barnsley (Division One)

 

Overall Record:

Barnsley Wins: 24

Crewe Wins: 13

Draws: 15

Barnsley Goals: 101

Crewe Goals: 64

At Oakwell:

Barnsley Wins: 15

Crewe Wins: 4

Draws: 7

Barnsley Goals: 65

Crewe Goals: 28

 

First Met In League: Barnsley 7-1 Crewe Monday 12th December 1932.

Biggest Win: Barnsley 7-1 Crewe Monday 12th December 1932.

Biggest Defeat: Crewe 4-2 Barnsley Saturday 16th December 1933.

Last Home Win: Barnsley (Dean Gorre 50, Alex Neil 78) 2-0 Crewe Saturday 15th September 2001.

Last Away Win: Crewe (Billy Waters 22) 1-2 Barnsley (Leroy Lita 57, Martin Cranie 57) Saturday 16th August 2014.

Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Eric Tinkler 71, Arjan De Zeeuw 75) 2-2 Crewe (Rodney Jack 27, 70) Saturday 6th February 1999.

Last Away Draw: Crewe (Rob Hulse 36, Rodney Jack 71) 2-2 Barnsley (Darren Barnard 80, Bruce Dyer 89) Saturday 23rd September 2000.

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-2 Crewe (Billy Waters 32, Matt Tootle 84). Tuesday 12th August 2014.

Last Away Defeat: Crewe (Michael O’Connor 14, Anthony Elding 36) 2-0 Barnsley Tuesday 12th August 2008.

 

Last Home Meeting:

Tuesday 12th August 2014.

Barnsley 0                                                                            2 Crewe

                                                                                             Waters 32

                                                                                             Tootle 84

 

Barnsley:

Adam Davies, Reece Brown, Lewin Nyatanga, Martin Cranie, Keith Treacy (Jean-Yves Mvoto 76), Conor Hourihane, James Bree, James Bailey, Sam Winnall, Reuben Noble-Lazarus (Nana Boakye-Yiadom 87), Leroy Lita (Dominic McHale 61)

Unused substitutes:

Christian Dibble, Luke Berry, Paul Digby, Darren McKnight.

Manager:  Danny Wilson (17th December 2013- 12th February 2015)

 

Crewe:

Ben Garratt, Matt Tootle, George Ray, Adam Dugdale, Oliver Turton, Liam Nolan, Greg Leigh (Jon Guthrie 62), Brad Inman (Lee Molyneux 76), Billy Waters, Anthony Grant, Vadaine Oliver (Marcus Haber 87)

Unused substitutes:

Scott Shearer, James Baillie, James Jones, Callum Saunders.

Manager:  Steve Davis (14th November 2011- present)

 

Still at respective clubs:

Barnsley: 15. (Reece Brown, Keith Treacy and Reuben Noble-Lazarus have all left the club since August whilst Christian Dibble is on loan at Nuneaton.)

Crewe: 14. (Vaidaine Oliver is still a Crewe player but is at Mansfield on loan but since this game Adam Dugdale and Lee Molyneux have joined Tranmere and Scott Shearer has moved to Burton.)

Number of managers since this game (including caretakers):

Barnsley:  1 (Mark Burton/Paul Heckingbottom 12th February 2015- present)

Crewe: 0 (Steve Davis has been Crewe manager since the 14th November 2011)

 

This Season:

Last six 2014-2015 results:

 

Barnsley:

14/2/15 Crawley 5-1 Barnsley (Kane Hemmings) (League One)

10/2/15 Barnsley (Peter Ramage) 1–2 Fleetwood (League One)

7/2/15 Swindon 2–0 Barnsley (League One)

3/2/15 Barnsley (Kane Hemmings) 1-0 Oldham (League One)

31/1/15 Barnsley (Chris Neal og, Ben Pearson) 2-1 Port Vale (League One)

24/1/15 MK Dons 2–0 Barnsley (League One)

W: 2 D: 0 L: 4 F: 5 A: 12 GD: -7 Points: 6

 

Crewe:

17/2/15 Doncaster 2-1 Crewe (George Ray) (League One)

14/2/15 Crewe (Nicky Ajose, Marcus Haber) 2-0 Fleetwood (League One)

10/2/15 Crewe (Nicky Ajose) 1-0 Yeovil (League One)

7/2/15 Colchester 2-3 Crewe (James Jones, Nicky Ajose, Anthony Grant) (League One)

31/1/15 Crewe 0-5 MK Dons (League One)

24/1/15 Port Vale 0-1 Crewe (Nicky Ajose) (League One)

W: 4 D: 0 L: 2 F: 8 A: 9 GD: -1 Points: 12

 

Crewe last time out:

Doncaster 2-1 Crewe:

Ben Garratt, Harry Davis, George Ray, Oliver Turton, Greg Leigh, Alan Tate, James Jones (Liam Nolan 73), Jamie Ness, Anthony Grant, Marcus Haber, Nicky Ajose (Lauri Dalla Valle 73, George Cooper 82),

Unused Substitutes:

Ross Etheridge, Anthony Stewart, Brad Inman, James Baillie)

 

Interesting Stats:

Barnsley face Crewe after facing Crawley, just like they did in the first two matches of the season.

This will be the third meeting in 2014-2015 with both sides boasting one win.

Of the 32 goals scored in the last 12 meetings, 20 have come in the second half.

One team has netted exactly two goals in each of the last seven clashes, and in five of those the other team did not score.

Billy Waters netted his first two senior goals in a cup win at Oakwell, and then in the league defeat four days later back in August. He has managed only one other strike for the Alex since.

Barnsley’s win at Gresty Road back on the second day of the season ended a run of five successive defeats against the Railwaymen.

The Reds have lost their last two home fixtures to Crewe with their last victory at Oakwell coming via goals from Dean Gorre and Alex Neil in a 2-0 win back in 2001.

Barnsley will be hunting their first league double over Crewe for 36 years. The last time was when they beat them 2-0 away and 3-1 at home way back in 1978-1979.

 

 

Crewe under the stewardship of ex Barnsley defender Steve Davis looked to be heading back to League Two (from where the 49 year old had brought them in 2012) when they lost each of their first five league games- including at home to Barnsley- and won only one of their opening 11, which included a staggering nine defeats.

Form has picked up since then however with 10 wins from the following 20, which has put them seven points clear of relegation and three points above The Reds.

Crewe’s midweek defeat at Doncaster ended their run of three successive victories and they arrive at Oakwell on the back of three wins from their past four away matches.

The Alex have kept three clean sheets in their past six matches.

Like Barnsley, Crewe have though lost nine times on their travels, only Crawley and Yeovil (both 10) have lost more.

They have conceded 29 times away from Gresty Road, the most in the division, and have kept just one clean sheet in their past eight away games.

Overall this season, Crewe have conceded 53 times, only Crawley (55) have conceded more.

Thanks to their bad start they have lost 15 of their 31 matches this season, only Yeovil (17) have lost more.

Their 11 victories is the best outside the division’s top ten and they have only been involved in five stalemates, the joint lowest in the league.

That is a tally they share with The Reds and there has been no draw between the teams in the last nine meetings.

Nicky Ajose, on loan from Leeds has netted in three of his last four appearances and in seven of his last 12.

 

On This Day:

Barnsley:

Played: 15 Won: 3 Drawn: 7 Lost: 5 Scored: 22 Conceded: 22.

Last match on the 21st February: 2012. Barnsley (Craig Davies) 1-3 Birmingham. Att: 9,558.

Last win: 1995

Last draw: 2009

Last defeat: 2012

STAT! – Barnsley have failed to win any of their last four games on this date and have won only one of the last 12.

 

Crewe:

Played: 14 Won: 7 Drawn: 4 Lost: 3 Scored: 19 Conceded: 11.

Last match on the 21st February: 2012. Crewe (Max Clayton, Luke Murphy) 2-0 Accrington Stanley. Att: 3,179.

Last win: 2012

Last draw: 1987

Last defeat: 2004

STAT! – Crewe have won each of their last two games on this date and three of the last four.

 

Mad Sites:

www.barnsley-mad.co.uk

www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk

Official Sites:

www.barnsleyfc.co.uk

www.crewealex.net

 

Other Fixtures:

Saturday 21st February 2015:

3pm:

Bradford v Walsall

Colchester v Bristol City

Fleetwood v Notts County

Leyton Orient v Oldham

MK Dons v Peterborough

Port Vale v Doncaster

Preston v Scunthorpe

Rochdale v Chesterfield

Sheffield United v Coventry

Swindon v Crawley

Yeovil v Gillingham