National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grimsby Town or Crewe Alexandra that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Grimsby Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Grimsby Town have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Northampton Town last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach Hurst made a successful contribution in the game against Northampton Town, bringing on Maguire-Drew who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Holohan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Holohan hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Heartbreak before that as Grimsby Town lost 0-2 at Leyton Orient's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Grimsby Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grimsby as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Grimsby Town has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Grimsby Town after this match as they are travelling to Rochdale for a League Two game in only four days.
Grimsby Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crewe Alexandra have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Impressive finishing from Mellor, Baker-Richardson and Agyei secured the home win 3-0 against Harrogate Town in their previous game. Agyei has bagged at least one goal for this team three matches in a row. The skill! Mellor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Mellor scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.
Prior to that result Crewe Alexandra won their away game at Rochdale in the League Two. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Crewe Alexandra in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Crewe Alexandra, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Salford City.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Crewe Alexandra has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grimsby two wins, zero draws and Crewe Alexandra eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Agyei 2 goals |  J. Maguire-Drew 1 goals | K. Mellor 1 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Grimsby Town | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Walsall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Barrow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Salford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Newport County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
- Crewe Alexandra
- Cheshire Live - (local newspaper)
