The 20-year old who only signed on six months loan last week from Liverpool looks set to replace Darran Kempson as Crewe look to keep a clean sheet against the free scoring Bantams.
O'Donnell will be up against Bradford's top scorer Dean Windass who has already netted three times. His strike partner looks set to be a former Crewe target David Graham who is on loan from Sheffield Wednesday. Also likly to be included at some point will be former player Eddie Johnson who has been on the bench in recent games after he came back from an ankle injury.