Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crewe Alexandra & Tranmere Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Crewe Alexandra and Tranmere Rovers.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
Crewe Alexandra was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.The story so far in the League Two for Crewe Alexandra at their home stadium (Alexandra Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Alexandra are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Tranmere Rovers. Midfield player King got a match rating of 7.5 in that game, the max score being 10. King hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that, Crewe Alexandra drew at home versus Gillingham.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crewe Alexandra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Doncaster Rovers are coming to town in four days.
Crewe Alexandra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Tranmere Rovers have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Tranmere goalkeeper Mateusz Hewelt is eager to challenge this, with his 465 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Tranmere Rovers go into this game after a win, the home game against Crewe Alexandra that ended 3-0. Nevitt, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.44. Nevitt scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sutton United at their stadium, the result 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 6 Tranmere wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tranmere Rovers manager Mellon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Harrogate Town.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Tranmere Rovers as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Alexandra victories, one draw and five Tranmere Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Baker-Richardson 6 goals |  D. Agyei 4 goals |  E. Nevitt 4 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stevenage | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Salford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
