Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hull City & Crewe Alexandra 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 Hull and Crewe Alexandra.
Hull City form and stats
Hull have not come this way in the EFL Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Harrogate Town, Grimsby Town and Leicester U21.Home games in the League One have been a walk in the park for Hull City so far, with 15 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Hull City has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Hull has recorded two wins in a row here at KCOM Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Hull travelled for their previous game, a trip to Oxford United that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Doncaster Rovers.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hull handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, two draws and one defeat.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hull City, as the League One home game vs Shrewsbury Town is only four days away.
Hull has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Hull have only let in 3 goals at home.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shrewsbury Town, Newcastle United U21 and Bolton Wanderers in order to reach 2nd Round of EFL Trophy. Crewe Alexandra's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.Crewe Alexandra have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Burton Albion in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Alexandra secured a home win against Swindon Town with the score 4-2.
We have checked recent matches where Alexandra have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were three victories, zero draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Alexandra, the League One home match versus Northampton Town. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Hull City victories, one draw and zero Crewe Alexandra wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Magennis 6 goals |  K. Lewis-Potter 6 goals |  M. Wilks 6 goals |
Hull City missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Hull City | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
- Hull City
- Hull Daily Mail - (local newspaper)
- Crewe Alexandra
- Cheshire Live - (local newspaper)