National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bolton Wanderers or Crewe Alexandra that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Wanderers and Crewe Alexandra.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
Wanderers was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Bolton Wanderers have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Wanderers, who played 1-1 against Mansfield Town. That match was also played at this venue Heartbreak before that as Wanderers lost 0-4 at Leyton Orient's place.
The lack of attacking qualities in Wanderers means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Wanderers have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Alexandra as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Doncaster Rovers match.
Alexandra aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 290 league minutes without a goal. H. Pickering was the last player to find the net.
Crewe Alexandra failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Gillingham that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, the Alexandra manager D. Artell faced defeat when travelling to Ipswich Town and losing 0-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shrewsbury Town in just three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Crewe Alexandra's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Bolton Wanderers-Crewe Alexandra H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Wanderers two wins, Crewe Alexandra one win, one draw. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Sarcevic 3 goals |  N. Delfouneso 3 goals |   M. Mandron 3 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 299 | 168 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 310 | ||
| 70 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 109 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
- Bolton Wanderers
- Bolton News - (local newspaper)
- Crewe Alexandra
- Cheshire Live - (local newspaper)