League One preview: Can Accrington Stanley edge out victory against Crewe Alexandra?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

Accrington Stanley have taken 28 of their 40 in total here at their familiar ground. Will they win more points versus Crewe Alexandra?

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (6) away in League One

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.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Accrington Stanley have to build on here at Wham Stadium in the League One.

The Accrington Stanley fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Oxford United and win 2-0. Sykes was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The defender Sykes served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rotherham United (0-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Accrington Stanley as they are travelling to their away game against Sheffield Wednesday in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Accrington in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Accrington Stanley have conceded 22 goals.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 15 away games in the League One. Crewe Alexandra only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws. With the Alexandra losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Crewe Alexandra might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Plymouth Argyle proved too strong as Crewe Alexandra slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Alexandra Stadium. Attacker Long got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Long scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Gillingham's place.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Wigan Athletic.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Crewe Alexandra rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Crewe Alexandra - Accrington Stanley 0-1 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Accrington Stanley wins - draws - Crewe Alexandra wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals
Accrington StanleyE. Hamilton
E. Hamilton
6 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
6 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Accrington Stanley Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 16 5 Played P 6 15 30
11 8 3 Won W 0 1 5
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
12 4 1 Lost L 6 11 18
37 25 9 Scored S 2 10 25
46 22 5 Conceded C 13 27 52
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 83%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 40%
33% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 13% 23%
23% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 13%
53% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 50%
30% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
23% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 40%
 
5.1 5.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 4.2
5.9 6.4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.8 6.1
2.2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.4 14.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 9.7
4.8 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.1
26% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 27%
 
12.7 11.7 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 16.1 14.9
4 3.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (6) away in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 30 20 5 5 55 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 15 9 3 3 21 5 37 65
2 Wigan Athletic 27 17 5 5 48 26 13 7 3 3 19 13 14 10 2 2 29 13 22 56
3 Milton Keynes Dons 31 16 8 7 51 34 15 8 3 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 56
4 Sunderland 31 16 6 9 55 43 15 11 1 3 32 11 16 5 5 6 23 32 12 54
5 Oxford United 31 15 8 8 54 38 16 10 4 2 33 17 15 5 4 6 21 21 16 53
6 Wycombe Wanderers 30 15 8 7 46 34 15 9 3 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 53
7 Sheffield Wednesday 30 14 10 6 42 32 14 9 4 1 23 10 16 5 6 5 19 22 10 52
8 Plymouth Argyle 29 14 8 7 51 36 13 7 3 3 19 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 15 50
9 Ipswich Town 31 13 8 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 16 6 2 8 23 19 11 47
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 12 6 12 44 39 15 8 4 3 28 18 15 4 2 9 16 21 5 42
11 Portsmouth 29 11 8 10 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 3 41
12 Accrington Stanley 30 11 7 12 37 46 16 8 4 4 25 22 14 3 3 8 12 24 -9 40
13 Charlton Athletic 30 11 6 13 40 37 15 7 3 5 24 17 15 4 3 8 16 20 3 39
14 Burton Albion 30 11 6 13 36 38 15 7 3 5 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 39
15 Cambridge United 30 9 10 11 38 43 15 5 6 4 19 19 15 4 4 7 19 24 -5 37
16 Cheltenham Town 30 8 12 10 36 49 16 6 6 4 19 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -13 36
17 Lincoln City 29 9 7 13 35 39 15 4 3 8 15 20 14 5 4 5 20 19 -4 34
18 Shrewsbury Town 31 8 10 13 28 32 15 7 4 4 18 14 16 1 6 9 10 18 -4 34
19 Fleetwood Town 30 7 11 12 44 51 16 5 5 6 26 25 14 2 6 6 18 26 -7 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 30 6 12 12 36 46 15 2 9 4 18 21 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 30
21 Morecambe 31 7 8 16 42 60 16 5 5 6 24 27 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 29
22 Gillingham 31 5 10 16 25 52 16 4 4 8 12 28 15 1 6 8 13 24 -27 25
23 Crewe Alexandra 30 5 7 18 25 52 15 4 4 7 15 25 15 1 3 11 10 27 -27 22
24 Doncaster Rovers 31 6 4 21 22 59 16 4 3 9 12 25 15 2 1 12 10 34 -37 22

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.