Another action-packed fixture in League One as Crewe Alexandra welcome Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium

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 14th position while the guesting Shrewsbury Town worry at 17th.

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

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.

Crewe Alexandra can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. Shrewsbury is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Crewe Alexandra have managed 9 wins, 7 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 22 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Alexandra enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bristol Rovers's place. The match ended 1-0 with Callum Ainley scoring. 2-2 away at Charlton Athletic before that.

Will Jääskeläinen loved the game against Bristol Rovers. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Crewe Alexandra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost three.

Alexandra has scored 29 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 28 goals have been conceded.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

8-7-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shrewsbury Town in their League One matches away.

Shrewsbury's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ipswich Town that finished 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Oxford United.

We have checked recent matches where Shrewsbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, five draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Shrewsbury when travelling is not overwhelming with 20 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Shrewsbury have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shrewsbury Town - Alexandra 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alexandra four wins, two draws and Shrewsbury Town four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraO. Dale
O. Dale
11 goals
AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraO. Finney
O. Finney
7 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
17 9 5 Won W 2 8 13
12 7 2 Drew D 3 7 15
16 6 0 Lost L 2 7 17
53 29 16 Scored S 7 20 48
59 28 8 Conceded C 7 23 54
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 93%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 50% 64%
38% 41% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 27% 36%
18% 18% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 16%
13% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 11%
47% 50% 86% BTTS BTTS 57% 45% 53%
27% 27% 14% Clean Sheets C S 29% 41% 29%
29% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 23% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 0.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.5 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.7 12.2 15.1 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.8 9.8
4 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3.2
29% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 35% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 45 27 8 10 80 37 23 14 4 5 32 14 22 13 4 5 48 23 43 89
2 Peterborough United 45 25 9 11 79 45 23 15 5 3 52 22 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 84
3 Blackpool 45 22 11 12 59 37 22 11 7 4 29 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 22 77
4 Sunderland 45 20 16 9 69 41 22 9 7 6 31 24 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 76
5 Lincoln City 45 22 10 13 69 50 22 9 4 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 76
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 65 50 22 9 5 8 29 23 23 12 4 7 36 27 15 72
7 Oxford United 45 21 8 16 73 56 22 12 4 6 35 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 17 71
8 Charlton Athletic 45 19 14 12 69 56 22 7 7 8 35 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 13 71
9 Ipswich Town 45 18 12 15 43 45 22 11 5 6 22 17 23 7 7 9 21 28 -2 66
10 Milton Keynes Dons 45 18 11 16 64 59 22 10 7 5 36 25 23 8 4 11 28 34 5 65
11 Gillingham 45 18 10 17 62 60 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 2 64
12 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 7 19 62 63 22 11 4 7 33 28 23 8 3 12 29 35 -1 64
13 Accrington Stanley 45 17 13 15 62 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 64
14 Crewe Alexandra 45 17 12 16 53 59 22 9 7 6 29 28 23 8 5 10 24 31 -6 63
15 Fleetwood Town 45 16 12 17 48 43 23 9 8 6 26 17 22 7 4 11 22 26 5 60
16 Burton Albion 45 15 12 18 61 69 23 7 4 12 32 42 22 8 8 6 29 27 -8 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 45 13 15 17 48 54 23 5 8 10 28 31 22 8 7 7 20 23 -6 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 53 79 23 11 4 8 31 39 22 3 7 12 22 40 -26 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 12 14 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 22 5 9 8 22 31 -16 50
20 Wigan Athletic 45 13 9 23 51 73 22 5 6 11 23 38 23 8 3 12 28 35 -22 48
21 Rochdale 45 10 14 21 58 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 22 6 5 11 31 36 -20 44
22 Northampton Town 45 11 11 23 40 66 23 8 5 10 20 26 22 3 6 13 20 40 -26 44
23 Swindon Town 45 12 4 29 51 86 23 8 1 14 25 38 22 4 3 15 26 48 -35 40
24 Bristol Rovers 45 10 8 27 40 69 23 7 2 14 23 32 22 3 6 13 17 37 -29 38

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 Hull City 45 27 8 10 80 37 23 14 4 5 32 14 22 13 4 5 48 23 43 89
2 Peterborough United 45 25 9 11 79 45 23 15 5 3 52 22 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 84
3 Blackpool 45 22 11 12 59 37 22 11 7 4 29 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 22 77
4 Sunderland 45 20 16 9 69 41 22 9 7 6 31 24 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 76
5 Lincoln City 45 22 10 13 69 50 22 9 4 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 76
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 65 50 22 9 5 8 29 23 23 12 4 7 36 27 15 72
7 Oxford United 45 21 8 16 73 56 22 12 4 6 35 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 17 71
8 Charlton Athletic 45 19 14 12 69 56 22 7 7 8 35 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 13 71
9 Ipswich Town 45 18 12 15 43 45 22 11 5 6 22 17 23 7 7 9 21 28 -2 66
10 Milton Keynes Dons 45 18 11 16 64 59 22 10 7 5 36 25 23 8 4 11 28 34 5 65
11 Gillingham 45 18 10 17 62 60 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 2 64
12 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 7 19 62 63 22 11 4 7 33 28 23 8 3 12 29 35 -1 64
13 Accrington Stanley 45 17 13 15 62 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 64
14 Crewe Alexandra 45 17 12 16 53 59 22 9 7 6 29 28 23 8 5 10 24 31 -6 63
15 Fleetwood Town 45 16 12 17 48 43 23 9 8 6 26 17 22 7 4 11 22 26 5 60
16 Burton Albion 45 15 12 18 61 69 23 7 4 12 32 42 22 8 8 6 29 27 -8 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 45 13 15 17 48 54 23 5 8 10 28 31 22 8 7 7 20 23 -6 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 53 79 23 11 4 8 31 39 22 3 7 12 22 40 -26 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 12 14 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 22 5 9 8 22 31 -16 50
20 Wigan Athletic 45 13 9 23 51 73 22 5 6 11 23 38 23 8 3 12 28 35 -22 48
21 Rochdale 45 10 14 21 58 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 22 6 5 11 31 36 -20 44
22 Northampton Town 45 11 11 23 40 66 23 8 5 10 20 26 22 3 6 13 20 40 -26 44
23 Swindon Town 45 12 4 29 51 86 23 8 1 14 25 38 22 4 3 15 26 48 -35 40
24 Bristol Rovers 45 10 8 27 40 69 23 7 2 14 23 32 22 3 6 13 17 37 -29 38

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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.