Preview: Crewe Alexandra vs. Bromley - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by 5 points successful the combat for places successful the apical 7 of the League Two table, Crewe Alexandra volition invited Bromley to the Mornflake Stadium for an important contention connected Sunday.

The hosts person dropped to 5th spot pursuing a tricky tally successful December, portion their visitors beryllium 11th but person moved wrong 3 points of the playoffs acknowledgment to an unbeaten streak.

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Crewe Alexandra instrumentality to enactment connected Sunday aiming to marque it back-to-back wins to footwear disconnected the caller year, with the accidental to determination backmost into League Two's automatic promotion spots aft a pugnacious spell.

After moving onto 28 points from 14 outings successful precocious November, the Railwaymen managed conscionable 1 much triumph successful their past 8 league games of 2024, beating Grimsby Town earlier Christmas, lone to play retired a goalless gully with Colchester United and endure a Boxing Day decision to Cheltenham Town, dropping retired of the apical 3 successful the process.

A much creditable gully with MK Dons past rounded retired the year, arsenic Jamie Knight-Lebel levelled the scores astatine a extremity apiece successful the 2nd half, earlier Lee Bell's broadside began 2025 astatine location to basement broadside Carlisle United.

They looked acceptable to travel retired of that crippled empty-handed, arsenic Jack Ellis and Kadeem Harris had the visitors 2-1 up heading into wounded time, but Omar Bogle would level the scores earlier Jack Lankester snatched each 3 points for the Railwaymen successful the 98th minute.

Having moved backmost up to 5th spot with that triumph and remained wrong a azygous constituent of third-placed Doncaster Rovers and second-placed AFC Wimbledon, Crewe Alexandra volition present purpose to physique different winning tally to marque a instrumentality to the automatic promotion spots.

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They look a pugnacious test, though, arsenic the visitors get successful the midst of a good tally with their sights acceptable connected the playoff places.

After winning promotion to England's 4th tier for the archetypal clip successful their past past clip around, Bromley person enjoyed a pleasing commencement to beingness successful League Two, presently sitting 11th having earned 34 points from their opening 23 outings.

Across those games, Andy Woodman's broadside person suffered conscionable 5 defeats, with lone Sunday's hosts and leaders Walsall losing fewer, with the astir caller of those coming successful mid-October.

The Ravens person since gone 12 games unbeaten, winning six and drafting six of those, including 5 victories successful their past 7 attempts, astir precocious beating Newport County and drafting with Swindon Town aft Christmas earlier kicking disconnected 2025 with a 3-0 distant triumph implicit Gillingham connected Thursday acknowledgment to goals from Louis Dennis, Jude Arthurs and Kamarl Grant.

Thanks to their eye-catching tally successful caller months, peculiarly since the opening of December, Bromley present beryllium conscionable 3 points disconnected the last playoff place, 4 down sixth-placed Port Vale and 5 down Sunday's hosts and 4th spot, and they volition beryllium keen to further widen the blistery streak and determination wrong touching region of the apical 7 with different connection triumph connected the road.

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Lee Bell should tract a akin Crewe Alexandra starting XI from their New Year's Day triumph implicit Carlisle United, though Omar Bogle and Jack Lankester some person claims to travel successful from the outset aft scoring important injury-time goals disconnected the bench.

Chris Long should support his spot up top, though, having netted the Railwaymen's opener successful that crippled to determination onto 4 goals from 11 appearances this season.

Max Sanders, Joel Tabiner and 19-year-old Matus Holicek volition each anticipation to support their places successful the midfield, portion Jamie Knight-Lebel and Zac Williams should again articulation Mickey Demetriou successful a backmost three.

Bromley should beryllium unchanged from their 3-0 distant triumph implicit Gillingham connected Thursday, with Louis Dennis bound to support his spot up beforehand aft netting his 2nd extremity of the play successful that crippled connected his instrumentality to the side.

He volition proceed to articulation talismanic striker Michael Cheek, whose tally of 12 League One goals this word is lone topped by 1 subordinate successful the division, taking his tally to 105 goals successful 243 games for the Ravens.

Elsewhere, Deji Elerewe and Omar Sowumni, who has contributed 5 goals of his ain this season, volition proceed their concern astatine the bosom of a backmost four.

Crewe Alexandra imaginable starting lineup:
Marschall; Knight-Lebel, Demetriou, Williams; Cooney, Holicek, Sanders, Conway; Lankester; Bogle, Long

We say: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Bromley

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