Sheffield Wednesday U21 vs Crewe Alexandra U21: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bracken Moor (3500 seats)

This could be quite the interesting battle at Bracken Moor in the Professional Development League. Sheffield Wednesday U21 is in 17th place and host Crewe Alexandra U21 in 19th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the most conceded goals (35) in Professional Development League
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Professional Development League

The visiting Crewe Alexandra U21 played their last game only three days ago, a Professional Development League match. That game, against Burnley U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Crewe Alexandra U21.

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Sheffield Wednesday U21 form and stats

Sheffield Wednesday U21's struggle is real here at Bracken Moor with only 3 points collected from 8 Professional Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-7. With eight home Professional Development League games in a row without a win, the Sheffield Wednesday U21 fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 353 minutes without scoring a league goal. Davidson was the last player to find the net.

Sheffield's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Coventry City U21 (placed 15th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Burnley U21.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sheffield Wednesday U21 here at Bracken Moor in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 8 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Sheffield Wednesday U21 having conceded 21 goals here at Bracken Moor so far.

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Crewe Alexandra U21 form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Crewe Alexandra U21, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Professional Development League, playing as the away team in the Professional Development League this season.

Alexandra play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-3 victory visiting Burnley U21 (placed 7th). A loony match with masses of goals last time out for Crewe Alexandra U21, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this fixture be as refreshing?

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Barnsley U21.

For Alexandra, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded match featuring both these participants is the Crewe Alexandra U21 - Sheffield Wednesday U21 0-2 played not long ago this season.

Sheffield Wednesday U21 missing players

Crewe Alexandra U21 missing players

Sheffield Wednesday U21 Crewe Alexandra U21
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 5 13
4 1 0 Won W 2 3 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 4
13 8 3 Lost L 1 2 5
14 4 1 Scored S 8 12 18
39 22 6 Conceded C 7 13 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
88% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
65% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 54%
35% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 31%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 15%
47% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 46%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
47% 67% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 54%
 
3.6 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.6 5.2
4.9 4.5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 7.8 6.6
1.3 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.4 3.9 2.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.6 7.2
2.1 1.4 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3.5
35% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 75% 40%
 
10.5 9.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13.8 10.4
4.8 4.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6.8 4.7
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Crewe Alexandra U21's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sheffield Wednesday U21 have scored home.
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Professional Development League
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Professional Development League
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Professional Development League
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Professional Development League
  • Crewe Alexandra U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the fewest points (3) at home in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the most conceded goals (35) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Professional Development League
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Wednesday U21 is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
3 Sheffield United U21 14 9 2 3 26 15 6 4 1 1 10 5 8 5 1 2 16 10 11 29
7 Burnley U21 14 6 2 6 24 29 7 2 1 4 12 20 7 4 1 2 12 9 -5 20
8 Wigan Athletic U21 15 6 2 7 24 25 8 3 0 5 12 15 7 3 2 2 12 10 -1 20
11 Hull City U21 13 6 1 6 31 23 8 4 0 4 18 14 5 2 1 2 13 9 8 19
12 Peterborough United U21 14 4 4 6 26 29 7 3 3 1 17 12 7 1 1 5 9 17 -3 16
13 Birmingham City U21 13 4 4 5 21 21 8 3 2 3 14 13 5 1 2 2 7 8 0 16
15 Coventry City U21 13 4 2 7 20 24 7 2 1 4 11 13 6 2 1 3 9 11 -4 14
17 Sheffield Wednesday U21 15 4 0 11 14 35 8 1 0 7 4 21 7 3 0 4 10 14 -21 12
18 Barnsley U21 12 3 3 6 19 21 7 2 2 3 12 10 5 1 1 3 7 11 -2 12
19 Crewe Alexandra U21 11 2 4 5 11 19 7 0 4 3 3 9 4 2 0 2 8 10 -8 10