This pair of squads are enjoying a nice season so far and occasions like today could be momentous. Here's the preview for Crewe Alexandra - Gillingham!
- Crewe Alexandra have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crewe Alexandra and Gillingham.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Crewe Alexandra so far this season. Alexandra has recorded two wins in a row here at Alexandra Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Crewe Alexandra shared the glory with Wrexham in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Adebisi (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Adebisi served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, Crewe Alexandra had a home game versus Colchester United which ended with a victory 2-1.Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
There will be little rest for Alexandra after this match as they are travelling to Salford City for a League Two game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Alexandra Stadium in the league this season as Crewe Alexandra has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Gillingham form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gillingham have lost on their last two travels.
Gillingham played 1-1 against Mansfield Town in their previous match. Mahoney got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Mahoney served one assist and hit five key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster Rovers wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milton Keynes Dons in just four days.
The attacking power of Gillingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Gillingham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crewe Alexandra two wins, one draw and Gillingham seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Long 6 goals |  E. Nevitt 4 goals |  M. Demetriou 4 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
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| Crewe Alexandra | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 6.6 | 6.6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 51% | 59% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 16 | 17.2 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.2 | 11.4 |
| 5.8 | 6.6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- All of Crewe Alexandra's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Crewe Alexandra have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
- Crewe Alexandra have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
- Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Crawley Town | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Gillingham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Stockport County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Barrow | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Walsall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Newport County | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Salford City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -10 | 7 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 4 |
