Crewe Alexandra vs Morecambe match preview: Even contest expected at Alexandra Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 21.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Crewe Alexandra - Morecambe: League One cellar sides scrapping for points and praise. Check out all the relevant numbers and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League One
  • Morecambe have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Alexandra nor Morecambe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

The overall League One results playing at home this season for Crewe Alexandra are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Alexandra supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Burton Albion in League One and win 2-0. The attacking player J'Neil Lloyd Bennett was declared "man of the match" for Alexandra with the rating of 8.24/10. Bennett scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times.

1-1 away at Shrewsbury Town before that.

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 four of these, drawn four and lost five.

Crewe Alexandra are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Rotherham United awaits in four days.

Alexandra has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Alexandra have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Morecambe form and stats

The League One season is young and Morecambe have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Morecambe has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Morecambe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Doncaster Rovers in the League One. Ryan Cooney, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.03. Cooney hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Everton U21.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Morecambe in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Morecambe, one draw and seven defeats.

After this away game Morecambe return home for a League One game against Accrington Stanley. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Morecambe find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Morecambe have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crewe Alexandra six wins, three draws and Morecambe one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
6 goals
AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
2 goals
Crewe AlexandraJ. Lloyd-Bennett
J. Lloyd-Bennett
1 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Morecambe missing players

Crewe Alexandra Morecambe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 3 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 2 2 4
4 3 0 Scored S 3 3 9
8 2 0 Conceded C 5 5 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 43%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 29%
 
4.6 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.4
5.6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6.7
2.6 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 8.6
3.3 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.6
17% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 50%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morecambe have scored more than double the goals of Crewe Alexandra.
  • Morecambe have yet to win a game away.
  • Morecambe 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 Wigan Athletic 7 5 1 1 12 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 7 3 7 16
2 Sunderland 7 5 1 1 12 7 4 4 0 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 16
3 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 3 0 10 7 6 15
4 Plymouth Argyle 7 4 2 1 10 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 14
5 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 14
6 Rotherham United 8 4 1 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 13
7 AFC Wimbledon 8 3 3 2 15 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 12
8 Bolton Wanderers 8 3 3 2 14 12 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 3 3 2 11 11 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 12
10 Burton Albion 8 3 3 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 12
11 Accrington Stanley 8 4 0 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 12
12 Sheffield Wednesday 7 3 2 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 11
13 Cambridge United 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 11
14 Oxford United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 7 0 11
15 Portsmouth 7 3 1 3 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 10
16 Fleetwood Town 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 8
17 Lincoln City 8 2 2 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 7 6 0 8
18 Morecambe 7 2 1 4 9 10 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 7
19 Ipswich Town 7 1 3 3 11 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 6
20 Gillingham 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 6
21 Crewe Alexandra 7 1 2 4 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 5
22 Shrewsbury Town 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 5
23 Charlton Athletic 7 1 1 5 6 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -4 4
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 1 1 5 3 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6 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.