Crewe Alexandra contests Cambridge United in League One fray

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Crewe Alexandra want to sell many tickets for this game despite that the season has been hard so far with 7 points and a 22nd place in the League One table. Guests Cambridge United are in 15th place with 12 pts.

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
  • Cambridge United have scored in all their away matches so far.

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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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Crewe Alexandra at their home stadium (Alexandra Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Alexandra shared the glory with Plymouth Argyle in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Donervon Daniels got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Daniels won 10 of 10 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Rotherham United the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Alexandra perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crewe Alexandra as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Crewe Alexandra has won four of these, drawn four and lost five.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Alexandra, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Wigan Athletic is only three days away.

The Alexandra fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Alexandra have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United 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).

Home advantage was not enough for Cambridge United in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Gillingham, 0-2. James Brophy got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Brophy hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Fleetwood Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cambridge United in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Cambridge, three draws and six defeats.

Cambridge United have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cambridge have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Alexandra victory, one draw and five Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
5 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
3 goals
Cambridge UnitedS. Tracey
S. Tracey
2 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Crewe Alexandra Cambridge United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 4 Played P 0 3 9
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 2 Lost L 0 1 3
7 4 4 Scored S 0 4 12
13 5 5 Conceded C 0 4 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 89%
10% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 56%
10% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
10% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
40% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.2 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6.3
5.5 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.7 4.3
2.2 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.7 10.4
3.7 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.4
19% 24% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 39%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cambridge United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cambridge United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have the most matches under the total-line (9) in League One
  • 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 9 7 1 1 18 7 6 6 0 0 14 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 11 22
2 Wigan Athletic 9 6 1 2 15 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 8 19
3 Milton Keynes Dons 10 5 4 1 20 13 6 4 1 1 10 6 4 1 3 0 10 7 7 19
4 Plymouth Argyle 10 5 4 1 15 8 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 19
5 Rotherham United 10 5 2 3 14 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 17
6 Wycombe Wanderers 9 5 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 0 5 2 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 17
7 Bolton Wanderers 10 4 3 3 18 14 4 1 2 1 5 6 6 3 1 2 13 8 4 15
8 Oxford United 10 4 3 3 15 11 6 4 2 0 12 4 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 15
9 Sheffield Wednesday 9 4 3 2 9 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 15
10 Burton Albion 10 4 3 3 9 11 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 15
11 Morecambe 10 4 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 11 8 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 14
12 Accrington Stanley 10 4 1 5 12 19 4 3 0 1 5 5 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 13
13 Portsmouth 10 3 3 4 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 0 12
14 AFC Wimbledon 10 3 3 4 16 18 4 1 2 1 7 6 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 12
15 Cambridge United 9 3 3 3 12 14 6 2 2 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 12
16 Cheltenham Town 10 3 3 4 11 18 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 1 2 3 6 13 -7 12
17 Lincoln City 10 3 2 5 12 13 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 11
18 Gillingham 10 2 5 3 11 13 4 1 2 1 5 7 6 1 3 2 6 6 -2 11
19 Ipswich Town 9 2 4 3 18 16 6 1 4 1 15 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 10
20 Fleetwood Town 9 2 4 3 16 16 3 1 1 1 5 5 6 1 3 2 11 11 0 10
21 Shrewsbury Town 10 2 2 6 7 14 6 2 1 3 6 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 8
22 Crewe Alexandra 10 1 4 5 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 7
23 Charlton Athletic 10 1 3 6 10 17 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 0 1 3 4 7 -7 6
24 Doncaster Rovers 9 1 1 7 4 17 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 6 2 15 -13 4

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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.