Crewe Alexandra are considered as expected winners of this home fixture against Tranmere Rovers, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Crewe Alexandra have the most scored goals (28) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.
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.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Alexandra Stadium as Crewe Alexandra have scored 15 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Crewe Alexandra here at Alexandra Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Crewe Alexandra's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-3 against Wrexham (in EFL Trophy).
A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Salford City.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
The Alexandra manager Bell has got the team scoring with 15 from 6 home games in the league. On the other hand, Crewe Alexandra have conceded 8 goals.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Tranmere Rovers have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Tranmere Rovers, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home loss versus Leicester U21 with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Grimsby Town.We have checked recent matches where Tranmere Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. The Tranmere Rovers manager Dawes has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels. Tranmere has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Crewe Alexandra wins - draws - Tranmere Rovers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Long 6 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 5 goals |  E. Nevitt 4 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 21 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 40% | 25% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 35% |
| 15.6 | 16.5 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.6 | 15 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5.3 |
- All of Crewe Alexandra's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crewe Alexandra have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most scored goals (28) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tranmere Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Tranmere Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
