Tuesday night will see the thirteenth time that Coventry City have played Crewe at ‘home’.
City have played Crewe at Highfield Road, Sixfields and The Ricoh Arena and have won on six occasions with two draws and four defeats, scoring 21 goals to Crewe’s 16.
City’s biggest win over Crewe in Coventry was a 5-1 win at Highfield Road in 1963 and Crewe’s biggest league win was last season’s 3-1 victory on April 25th 2015.
In that game at the Ricoh Arena, Crewe were 3-0 up thanks to goals from Lauri Dalla Valle, Ryan Colclough and Marcus Haber before Nick Proschwitz scored a consolation goal six minutes from time.
The teams that day were:
City: Burge, Phillips (Odelusi 63) Johnson, Pennington (Martin 46), Stokes, Fleck, Ward, O'Brien, Barton (Maddison 46), Proschwitz, Nouble. Subs: Charles-Cook, Haynes Jackson, Tudgay.
Crewe: Rachubka, Guthrie, Davis (Stewart 50), Ray, Turton, Delle Valle, Jones, Leigh, Haber, Colclough (Nolan 79) Grant. Subs: Barrett, Inmane, Baillie, Ikpeazu, Ajose.