Betting preview: Crewe Alexandra vs Fleetwood Town should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Crewe Alexandra and Fleetwood Town have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League One.

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Crewe Alexandra have to build on here at Alexandra Stadium in the League One. Alexandra has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Alexandra Stadium. We remember; it was Gillingham.

A good away victory last time out for Crewe Alexandra, who won 2-1 against AFC Wimbledon (placed 15th). Before that, Alexandra had a home game versus Plymouth Argyle which ended with a victory 2-1.

Some amazing scenes last match, when Oliver Finney scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

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 14 games. Crewe Alexandra has won six of these, drawn three and lost five.

There will be little rest for Alexandra after this match as they are travelling to Rochdale for a League One game in only three days.

The Alexandra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Alexandra have conceded only 9 goals.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Fleetwood Town have produced an overall stat of 3-1-5 so far.

There were no winners in Fleetwood's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Wigan Athletic (placed 23rd). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Portsmouth.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fleetwood playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were five Fleetwood Town wins, two draws and nine defeats.

After this away game Fleetwood return home for a League One game against Doncaster Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Fleetwood Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fleetwood have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Alexandra, two draws and three wins for Fleetwood Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownC. Camps
C. Camps
8 goals
AlexandraO. Dale
O. Dale
5 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
5 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 1 9 19
9 6 2 Won W 1 3 8
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
8 3 1 Lost L 0 5 7
24 16 5 Scored S 2 11 27
20 9 3 Conceded C 0 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
68% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 58%
37% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 37%
11% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
42% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
21% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 32%
37% 30% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 0.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 14.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.4 10.4
4.4 4.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.7
29% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 39% 39%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
2 Lincoln City 18 11 2 5 24 15 9 5 0 4 11 11 9 6 2 1 13 4 9 35
3 Hull City 18 11 1 6 29 18 8 5 0 3 8 6 10 6 1 3 21 12 11 34
4 Doncaster Rovers 17 10 3 4 32 19 9 6 2 1 19 10 8 4 1 3 13 9 13 33
5 Peterborough United 18 10 2 6 29 19 8 6 1 1 20 8 10 4 1 5 9 11 10 32
6 Ipswich Town 18 10 2 6 23 19 10 7 0 3 12 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 32
7 Charlton Athletic 17 9 4 4 27 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 31
8 Accrington Stanley 16 9 3 4 23 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 8 4 1 3 14 11 6 30
9 Crewe Alexandra 19 9 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 16 9 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 29
10 Fleetwood Town 19 8 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 16 7 9 3 1 5 11 10 10 28
11 Sunderland 17 7 7 3 23 14 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 28
12 Blackpool 18 8 3 7 19 20 9 5 1 3 11 10 9 3 2 4 8 10 -1 27
13 Gillingham 18 8 2 8 22 22 10 4 1 5 10 13 8 4 1 3 12 9 0 26
14 Plymouth Argyle 18 6 4 8 23 32 10 6 2 2 16 13 8 0 2 6 7 19 -9 22
15 AFC Wimbledon 18 5 6 7 24 29 8 2 2 4 13 16 10 3 4 3 11 13 -5 21
16 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 5 2 12 11 10 2 2 6 8 13 -4 19
17 Oxford United 17 5 4 8 20 24 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -4 19
18 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 18 24 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 -6 19
19 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 1 4 4 7 15 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 19
20 Northampton Town 19 5 3 11 16 35 10 2 2 6 5 16 9 3 1 5 11 19 -19 18
21 Shrewsbury Town 17 3 8 6 18 24 8 0 5 3 10 13 9 3 3 3 8 11 -6 17
22 Swindon Town 19 5 2 12 24 37 10 4 1 5 12 14 9 1 1 7 12 23 -13 17
23 Wigan Athletic 18 4 3 11 16 31 9 2 2 5 11 18 9 2 1 6 5 13 -15 15
24 Burton Albion 19 2 7 10 23 36 9 2 2 5 13 18 10 0 5 5 10 18 -13 13

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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.