Crewe Alexandra vs Oxford United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Striving Crewe Alexandra will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome high-flying Oxford United in the next league match. It’s 24th vs 4th and the home fans will have moderate confidence.

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (60) in League One

The visiting Oxford United played their last game only three days ago, a League One match. That game was also an away game, at Charlton Athletic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Crewe Alexandra have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Alexandra with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Shrewsbury Town game, 38 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

No payout for Crewe Alexandra in their previous match, an away game at Wigan Athletic that ended in defeat 0-2.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Accrington Stanley (1-4).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alexandra as they are travelling to their away game against Cheltenham Town in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Oxford United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (60) in League One, on their League One travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Oxford United, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Charlton Athletic (placed 16th) last time out. Taylor, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.43. Taylor scored two goals.

A loss against Bolton Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cambridge United in just four days.

Oxford United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 16 away games so far. As opposed to that, Oxford have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Oxford United - Crewe Alexandra 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of sides previously played each other, also in this season. Previous seven meetings with these squads: Crewe Alexandra won three, Oxford United triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
16 goals
Oxford UnitedC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
10 goals
Oxford UnitedM. Sykes
M. Sykes
8 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crewe Alexandra Oxford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 16 33
5 4 0 Won W 2 6 16
7 4 0 Drew D 0 4 8
20 7 5 Lost L 2 6 9
26 15 2 Scored S 10 25 60
58 25 16 Conceded C 8 21 41
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
84% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 85%
41% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 58%
25% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 39%
16% 13% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 18%
50% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 67%
12% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 21%
41% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 21%
 
4.1 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.6 6.2
5.9 5.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.6 4.4
1.9 1.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.9 1.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.6 9.7 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 13.8 14.4
3 3.3 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.2 5.1
27% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 30% 36%
 
15.1 13.7 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 10.8
4.5 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.6
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 most conceded goals in the first half (27) in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Oxford United have scored more than double the goals of Crewe Alexandra.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (60) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in League One

  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 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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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 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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