The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Crewe Alexandra are in the 15th position while the guesting Gillingham worry at 17th.
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.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Crewe Alexandra are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
H. Pickering was the last player to score a league goal for Crewe Alexandra and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Alexandra haven't scored in 200 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager D. Artell led his Alexandra to a defeat in the League One match away at Ipswich Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Alexandra Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Lincoln City that was lost 0-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Alexandra handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, one draw and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alexandra as they are travelling to their away game against Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The Alexandra fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Alexandra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Alexandra Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Gillingham form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Gillingham who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Oxford United was the last time a defeat was avoided. Gillingham seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Gillingham have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 470 minutes.
Gillingham's previous game was their home loss versus Sunderland (0-2). Prior to that match, the Gillingham manager S. Evans faced defeat when travelling to Ipswich Town and losing 0-1.
Gillingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, six draws and seven defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Woking in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gillingham have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. In the opposite end, Gillingham have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Alexandra won four, Gillingham won five and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Graham 4 goals |   M. Mandron 3 goals |  H. Pickering 2 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 90% |
| 22% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 22% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 84 | 50 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 38 | 92 |
| 38 | 21 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 32 |
| 21% | 29% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 28% |
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gillingham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gillingham 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 | Peterborough United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 24 | Oxford United | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |