It's the FA Cup: Crewe Alexandra and Barnsley face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 14:01 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Crewe Alexandra or Barnsley that keep their silverware dream alive.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Two match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Carlisle United, was also a home game here at Alexandra Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Crewe Alexandra have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Eastleigh and Accrington Stanley. Crewe Alexandra was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.

The story so far in the League Two for Crewe Alexandra at their home stadium (Alexandra Stadium) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Crewe Alexandra. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Crewe Alexandra after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Crewe Alexandra's last game was hosting Carlisle United and winning 4-1. Ahead of that match, Crewe Alexandra won a home game hosting Scunthorpe United (3-1).

Crewe Alexandra can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 26 times. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Barnsley form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Barnsley's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Barnsley only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Barnsley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Swansea City. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barnsley as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Barnsley have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 3 - 0 - 3 (Crewe Alexandra wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraC. Porter
C. Porter
8 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
8 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crewe Alexandra Barnsley
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
12 7   Won W   1 3
8 4   Drew D   3 9
5 3   Lost L   8 13
51 31   Scored S   10 31
31 17   Conceded C   22 50
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
88% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 84%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 60%
52% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 48%
28% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 20%
76% 79%   BTTS BTTS   50% 68%
20% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 8%
12% 14%   Failed to Score F T   50% 32%
 
7.1 7.4   Corners For (avg) C F   4.4 5.3
4.6 4.6   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.8 5.2
1.2 1.1   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   3 2.5
2 1   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
365 217   Total Shots T S   143 347
128 75   Shots on Target S O   39 109
40% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 25 15 4 6 45 27 12 8 1 3 20 11 13 7 3 3 25 16 18 49
2 Exeter City 25 13 8 4 35 27 12 7 4 1 20 11 13 6 4 3 15 16 8 47
3 Crewe Alexandra 24 13 5 6 46 29 13 7 3 3 26 14 11 6 2 3 20 15 17 44
4 Bradford City 24 12 7 5 31 19 13 9 2 2 20 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 12 43
5 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 7 7 27 19 13 5 4 4 11 11 12 6 3 3 16 8 8 40
6 Colchester United 24 10 9 5 35 23 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 39
7 Northampton Town 25 11 6 8 34 28 13 8 2 3 21 9 12 3 4 5 13 19 6 39
8 Cheltenham Town 24 9 11 4 35 20 11 5 4 2 22 13 13 4 7 2 13 7 15 38
9 Plymouth Argyle 23 11 5 7 34 25 12 7 3 2 24 12 11 4 2 5 10 13 9 38
10 Port Vale 25 8 11 6 32 31 13 6 6 1 18 11 12 2 5 5 14 20 1 35
11 Salford City 25 8 8 9 31 34 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -3 32
12 Scunthorpe United 25 8 7 10 33 33 12 4 5 3 18 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 0 31
13 Cambridge United 25 8 7 10 30 30 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 3 4 5 12 15 0 31
14 Newport County 23 7 9 7 21 21 13 5 6 2 14 11 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 30
15 Walsall 25 8 6 11 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 16 12 5 2 5 13 16 -9 30
16 Crawley Town 25 6 10 9 32 35 12 5 3 4 16 14 13 1 7 5 16 21 -3 28
17 Mansfield Town 25 6 9 10 33 37 12 2 4 6 18 22 13 4 5 4 15 15 -4 27
18 Grimsby Town 23 6 8 9 23 28 12 3 4 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 12 11 -5 26
19 Leyton Orient 25 6 8 11 32 42 12 2 4 6 15 22 13 4 4 5 17 20 -10 26
20 Oldham Athletic 24 6 8 10 25 37 13 3 5 5 15 18 11 3 3 5 10 19 -12 26
21 Carlisle United 25 6 7 12 23 40 12 3 5 4 10 15 13 3 2 8 13 25 -17 25
22 Macclesfield Town 23 5 11 7 22 26 10 3 6 1 11 7 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 20
23 Morecambe 25 4 6 15 20 44 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 2 2 9 8 26 -24 18
24 Stevenage 24 2 11 11 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 15 13 0 7 6 6 15 -15 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

Barnsley:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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