Possible nail-biting contest in Crewe Alexandra - Fleetwood Town game

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

The season has been a struggle for Crewe Alexandra so far, and the same description fits Fleetwood Town. These weathered teams hope for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (16) at home in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This should be an engaging game with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Crewe Alexandra's results here at Alexandra Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 4 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats. When Crewe Alexandra hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Burton Albion and Crewe Alexandra), they have won 3 of 5 matches! Crewe Alexandra are slowly digging their own grave here at Alexandra Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Charlton Athletic match.

Alexandra are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Long).

Crewe Alexandra played out a slightly shocking defeat 0-1 against Bolton Wanderers in their previous game, also played at home.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Wigan Athletic (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Crewe 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 six of these, drawn four and lost three.

Alexandra are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Milton Keynes Dons awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Crewe Alexandra here at Alexandra Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 20 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Alexandra have conceded 35 from these games. Crewe Alexandra has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Fleetwood Town's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 20 away games in the League One. Fleetwood Town only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 7 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Fleetwood, who have now gone 13 games without a victory. The Rotherham United game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The attacking players of Fleetwood Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 213 minutes.

Fleetwood Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Doncaster Rovers that finished 0-0. O'Hara (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.74. O'Hara topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Fleetwood Town in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Fleetwood, three draws and nine defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fleetwood Town are hosting Lincoln City in the League One only three days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fleetwood have scored 24 goals in 20 league games away. Many of these goals have come late in the games; more than 50 % (11 goals) after the 60th minute.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams met earlier this season; Fleetwood Town - Crewe Alexandra 3-0. Previous nine meetings with these teams: Crewe Alexandra won two, Fleetwood Town triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlexandraC. Long
C. Long
7 goals
Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
7 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
6 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 20 5 Played P 5 20 38
6 4 3 Won W 1 2 7
7 4 1 Drew D 2 7 13
26 12 1 Lost L 2 11 18
30 17 8 Scored S 6 24 50
71 35 4 Conceded C 7 40 67
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 95% 95%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 79%
41% 40% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 55% 58%
26% 35% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 45% 37%
13% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 24%
49% 45% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 61%
10% 20% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 10% 16%
44% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 30% 29%
 
4.2 4.2 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 3.2 4.2
5.8 5.3 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5 5.3
1.9 1.5 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
9.3 9.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.1 10.6
2.8 3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 3.7 3.9
28% 28% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 32% 33%
 
15 14.1 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 13.8 13.3
4.5 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.9 4.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (16) at home in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals (35) at home in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

Crewe Alexandra:
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 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

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