Town boss Kieran McKenna has made four changes to his team for this afternoon’s game at Crewe with Kane Vincent-Young, Joe Pigott, James Norwood and Dominic Thompson coming into the team, while a number of youngsters are included among the subs.
Wing-backs Wes Burns and Matt Penney miss out with knocks, while Pigott and Norwood come into the front three for Bersant Celina and Macauley Bonne, who drop to the bench.
Keeper Nick Hayes, who rejoined the club in January, is in the 18 for the first time and is joined by midfielder Cameron Humphreys and forward Tawanda Chirewa, as well Elkan Baggott, who has been a regular in the squad in recent weeks.
Hayes, 23, has previously made one EFL Trophy appearance for Salford as well as having played senior games in non-league for a number of clubs, while 18-year-old Humphreys has made one Carabao Cup start for the Blues plus two sub appearances, one in League One.
Chirewa, 18, has made one EFL Trophy sub appearance at Colchester in November 2019 when aged 16.
Crewe: Richards, Alebiosu, Offord, Long, Lowery, Ainley, Mandron, Murphy (c), Sass-Davies, Williams, Uwakwe. Subs: Jaaskelainen, Finney, Griffiths, Sambou, O'Riordan, Tabiner, Kashket.
Town: Walton, Donacien, Woolfenden, Burgess, Vincent-Young, Bakinson, Morsy (c), Thompson, Chaplin, Norwood, Pigott. Subs: Hayes, Baggott, El Mizouni, Humphreys, Celina, Chirewa, Bonne. Referee: Simon Mather (Manchester).