Betting preview: Crewe Alexandra vs Burton Albion should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

This season has been rough for Crewe Alexandra up to now, while Burton Albion have enjoyed many victories. Will the visiting team triumph again at Alexandra Stadium?

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League One
  • Burton Albion have scored more than double the goals of Crewe Alexandra.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Crewe Alexandra have less points than they have played home games in the League One so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.

Alexandra shared the glory with Shrewsbury Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The forward Scott Kashket bested all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Kashket served one assist and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Shrewsbury Town.

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 Alexandra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost five.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Alexandra as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Morecambe are visiting.

Crewe Alexandra has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss). Burton have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Burton Albion played 1-1 against Gillingham in their previous match. The attacker Kane Hemmings got a match rating of 7.35 in that game. Hemmings scored one goal.

Before that, Burton Albion travelled to Bolton Wanderers and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Burton Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Burton wins, five draws and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Burton's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. As opposed to that, Burton Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Alexandra victories, four draws and four Burton Albion wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
2 goals
Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
2 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Brayford
J. Brayford
1 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Crewe Alexandra Burton Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 0 Scored S 1 1 6
8 2 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 86%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 43%
67% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 29%
 
4.7 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.9
5.8 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 9.7 8
2.8 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.7 12.7
2.8 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.3
12% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 9% 26%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Burton Albion have scored more than double the goals of Crewe Alexandra.
  • 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 matches.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have yet to win a game.
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sunderland 6 5 0 1 10 5 4 4 0 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 15
2 Wigan Athletic 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 13
3 Bolton Wanderers 7 3 3 1 14 10 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 9 6 4 12
4 AFC Wimbledon 7 3 3 1 15 12 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 2 1 1 8 7 3 12
5 Milton Keynes Dons 7 3 3 1 12 9 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 3 12
6 Accrington Stanley 7 4 0 3 7 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 3 3 6 0 12
7 Burton Albion 7 3 3 1 6 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 12
8 Plymouth Argyle 6 3 2 1 9 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 11
9 Wycombe Wanderers 6 3 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 11
10 Oxford United 7 3 2 2 9 8 4 3 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 11
11 Portsmouth 6 3 1 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 10
12 Sheffield Wednesday 6 3 1 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 10
13 Rotherham United 6 3 0 3 7 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 9
14 Cheltenham Town 7 2 3 2 10 11 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 -1 9
15 Cambridge United 6 2 2 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 8
16 Lincoln City 6 2 1 3 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 7 6 1 7
17 Fleetwood Town 6 2 1 3 9 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 7
18 Morecambe 6 2 1 3 9 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 7
19 Gillingham 6 1 3 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 2 2 3 5 -1 6
20 Charlton Athletic 6 1 1 4 5 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 4
21 Shrewsbury Town 7 1 1 5 3 10 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 4
22 Ipswich Town 6 0 3 3 10 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 2 0 0 2 2 4 -5 3
23 Crewe Alexandra 6 0 2 4 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -6 2
24 Doncaster Rovers 6 0 1 5 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -7 1

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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.