Crewe Alexandra are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own stadium in this fixture hosting Hartlepool United.
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (52) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Crewe Alexandra nor Hartlepool United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Crewe Alexandra at their home stadium (Alexandra Stadium) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. When Crewe Alexandra hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Rochdale, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town), they have won 3 of 5 matches! Alexandra are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Alexandra Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Crewe Alexandra drew their last game, 2-2 away at Crawley Town (placed 21st). Midfielder Finnigan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Finnigan served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Leyton Orient that was lost 0-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alexandra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crewe Alexandra as they are travelling to their away game against Harrogate Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Alexandra aren't scoring a lot here at Alexandra Stadium in the league, with only {15 goals} from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Hartlepool United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hartlepool United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Hartlepool United's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Sutton United (placed 12th). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Sutton United. Hartlepool United were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Dodds scoring the equalizer. Attacker Kemp got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Kemp scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Doncaster Rovers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Hartlepool United in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Hartlepool United, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Hartlepool now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at AFC Wimbledon is waiting in only four days.
As for defending, Hartlepool United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Hartlepool United - Crewe Alexandra 1-1. Alexandra-Hartlepool United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crewe Alexandra five wins, Hartlepool United two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Agyei 8 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 7 goals |  N. Featherstone 4 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 36 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 29 | 54 |
| 89% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 71% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 83% |
| 43% | 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | 60% |
| 7% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 43% | 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| 32% | 38% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 20% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 30% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 8.1 | 10.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 35% | 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 35% |
| 13.3 | 12.2 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (29) away in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals (52) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the most matches over the total-line (18) in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in League Two
- Hartlepool United have the the worst goal difference (-23) in League Two
- Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 63 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 51 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Salford City | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 43 |
| 7 | Stockport County | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 10 | Barrow | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Walsall | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 38 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 31 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 31 |
| 19 | Newport County | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 25 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 24 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 20 |
