League Two: We're looking at an absorbing and very important match featuring Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale at Alexandra Stadium. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Rochdale is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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 Alexandra and Rochdale.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
6 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Crewe Alexandra have to build on here at Alexandra Stadium in the League Two. When Crewe Alexandra hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Grimsby Town, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town), they have won 4 of 6 matches!
Crewe Alexandra shared the glory with Walsall in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper Beadle was crucial in the match against Walsall last time out, making eight saves. Goalkeeper Beadle got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.4 out of ten. Beadle topped it up with a clean sheet.
2-2 away at Harrogate Town before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Crewe Alexandra perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alexandra as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Crewe Alexandra has won 7 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.
On the other hand, Crewe Alexandra have conceded 19 goals. Crewe Alexandra has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.
Rochdale form and stats
Rochdale have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-3-10 (16 played). Recent form does not give Rochdale much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Crewe Alexandra will be a tough nut to crack.
Rochdale failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stockport County (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Lloyd was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Lloyd hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Gillingham.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Rochdale in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Rochdale, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rochdale as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Rochdale have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Crewe Alexandra have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Rochdale.The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Rochdale - Crewe Alexandra 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Agyei 9 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 7 goals |  D. Rodney 7 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Rochdale missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Rochdale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 27 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 25 | 51 |
| 87% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 64% |
| 42% | 41% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 45% |
| 10% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 42% | 41% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 52% |
| 35% | 41% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 19% | 12% |
| 35% | 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 39% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 27% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 14.4 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Rochdale is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 70 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 7 | Salford City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 13 | Walsall | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Newport County | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 37 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 35 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 30 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 27 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -25 | 21 |
