Walsall manager Flynn looking for three points in Crewe Alexandra showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 21.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

Carrying a 5 point lead in the league standings, Walsall supporters wish to see their side earn all points from this match vs Crewe Alexandra.

Insights:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Walsall have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.

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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Walsall form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Walsall have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Walsall has four draws from their last four matches.

The spoils were shared in Walsall's previous game, also at home. Visiting Newport County (placed 19th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Colchester United the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Walsall handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.

Walsall are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Hartlepool United awaits in four days.

The Walsall fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. Walsall have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the League Two. Crewe Alexandra only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 7 draws. It's three draws from Alexandra's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Crewe Alexandra are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Harrogate Town (placed 21st). The match against Harrogate Town looked like a defeat for Crewe Alexandra, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Uwakwe equalized in the 89th minute. As mentioned above, Alexandra drew the match against Harrogate Town. Manager Bell brought on Uwakwe to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Agyei, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.11. Agyei scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Before that, Crewe Alexandra secured a home win against Hartlepool United with the score 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Crewe Alexandra have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Alexandra, the League Two home match versus Rochdale. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crewe Alexandra as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Crewe Alexandra have won at least one point in the last 7 matches (3-4-0) against Walsall.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraD. Agyei
D. Agyei
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
7 goals
WalsallI. Hutchinson
I. Hutchinson
3 goals

Walsall missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 4 13 30
10 7 4 Won W 1 2 8
11 4 2 Drew D 1 7 12
8 3 0 Lost L 2 4 10
32 21 12 Scored S 2 10 27
25 13 4 Conceded C 7 19 38
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 90%
66% 79% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 73%
34% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 43%
10% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 43%
31% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 33%
28% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 33%
 
4.6 4.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.2 4.9
4.3 3.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.5 5.9
1.9 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.8 12.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.9 9
2.9 3.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.8 1.6 2.3
38% 38% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 48% 39%
 
10.8 10.5 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.8 13.3
2.7 2.9 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.7 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Walsall have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.
  • Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 Northampton Town 31 14 10 7 44 31 16 7 5 4 21 15 15 7 5 3 23 16 13 52
5 Mansfield Town 31 15 7 9 49 37 15 7 5 3 27 20 16 8 2 6 22 17 12 52
6 Stockport County 31 15 6 10 46 29 16 9 4 3 24 13 15 6 2 7 22 16 17 51
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 AFC Wimbledon 31 10 12 9 32 31 15 6 6 3 17 13 16 4 6 6 15 18 1 42
14 Walsall 29 10 11 8 32 25 14 7 4 3 21 13 15 3 7 5 11 12 7 41
15 Tranmere Rovers 32 11 8 13 32 32 16 7 4 5 20 14 16 4 4 8 12 18 0 41
16 Grimsby Town 28 10 6 12 32 36 13 3 5 5 13 16 15 7 1 7 19 20 -4 36
17 Crewe Alexandra 30 8 12 10 27 38 17 6 5 6 17 19 13 2 7 4 10 19 -11 36
18 Colchester United 33 9 8 16 31 39 16 4 7 5 16 17 17 5 1 11 15 22 -8 35
19 Newport County 30 8 10 12 30 34 15 4 4 7 15 19 15 4 6 5 15 15 -4 34
20 Gillingham 30 7 9 14 19 34 14 5 4 5 9 13 16 2 5 9 10 21 -15 30
21 Harrogate Town 30 7 8 15 37 47 16 4 5 7 21 26 14 3 3 8 16 21 -10 29
22 Hartlepool United 32 6 9 17 33 58 15 3 6 6 16 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -25 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 32 5 6 21 25 49 16 2 3 11 12 24 16 3 3 10 13 25 -24 21

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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 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 Northampton Town 31 14 10 7 44 31 16 7 5 4 21 15 15 7 5 3 23 16 13 52
5 Mansfield Town 31 15 7 9 49 37 15 7 5 3 27 20 16 8 2 6 22 17 12 52
6 Stockport County 31 15 6 10 46 29 16 9 4 3 24 13 15 6 2 7 22 16 17 51
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 AFC Wimbledon 31 10 12 9 32 31 15 6 6 3 17 13 16 4 6 6 15 18 1 42
14 Walsall 29 10 11 8 32 25 14 7 4 3 21 13 15 3 7 5 11 12 7 41
15 Tranmere Rovers 32 11 8 13 32 32 16 7 4 5 20 14 16 4 4 8 12 18 0 41
16 Grimsby Town 28 10 6 12 32 36 13 3 5 5 13 16 15 7 1 7 19 20 -4 36
17 Crewe Alexandra 30 8 12 10 27 38 17 6 5 6 17 19 13 2 7 4 10 19 -11 36
18 Colchester United 33 9 8 16 31 39 16 4 7 5 16 17 17 5 1 11 15 22 -8 35
19 Newport County 30 8 10 12 30 34 15 4 4 7 15 19 15 4 6 5 15 15 -4 34
20 Gillingham 30 7 9 14 19 34 14 5 4 5 9 13 16 2 5 9 10 21 -15 30
21 Harrogate Town 30 7 8 15 37 47 16 4 5 7 21 26 14 3 3 8 16 21 -10 29
22 Hartlepool United 32 6 9 17 33 58 15 3 6 6 16 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -25 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 32 5 6 21 25 49 16 2 3 11 12 24 16 3 3 10 13 25 -24 21

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.