Carabao Cup: Sunderland - Crewe Alexandra prediction and detailed statistics

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Competition: England Carabao Cup
Competition: Tue 08.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sunderland or Crewe Alexandra that keep their silverware dream alive.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sunderland form and stats

Last season, Sunderland's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 1st round.

Sunderland have played 1 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Sunderland's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Ipswich Town. Midfielder Neil was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Neil scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 80 successful passes (of 86 total).

A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Luton Town.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sunderland home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland as they are travelling to their away game against Preston North End in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Sunderland's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Crewe Alexandra was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 1st round last season.

Alexandra played 2-2 against Mansfield Town in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Mansfield Town. Crewe Alexandra were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Adebisi scoring the equalizer. Davies had red hot gloves after the game against Mansfield Town, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Adebisi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.13. Adebisi scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.

A 2-2 draw at Newport County's stadium before that.

You'll want to know how Crewe Alexandra managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 7 home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Swindon Town.

Head 2 Head

Sunderland have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Crewe Alexandra.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandD. Neil
D. Neil
1 goals
Crewe AlexandraR. Adebisi
R. Adebisi
1 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Demetriou
M. Demetriou
1 goals

Sunderland missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Crewe Alexandra
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   16 25
11 2   Won W   5 10
7 6   Drew D   4 7
7 3   Lost L   7 8
45 17   Scored S   24 44
43 21   Conceded C   20 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 96%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 88%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 64%
36% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 36%
28% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 16%
80% 100%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
16% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 28%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   38% 24%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.2
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
1.3 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.3
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.6 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.4 8.3
4.3 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 3.2
42% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   69% 56%
 
11 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 12.2
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Watford 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Plymouth Argyle 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Southampton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Cardiff City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Leeds United 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Coventry City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
23 Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
24 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

Crewe Alexandra:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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