Crewe Alexandra will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Sunderland.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals (24) in League One
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 8-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Alexandra's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Accrington Stanley (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Swindon Town.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alexandra as they are travelling to their away game against Blackpool in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
Alexandra have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alexandra Stadium with 24 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Alexandra have conceded only 14 goals.
Sunderland form and stats
7-6-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in League One, in their League One matches away.
The Sunderland goalkeeper Lee Burge is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 217 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Sunderland's previous game versus Fleetwood Town (placed 17th), a League One 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Burton Albion at their stadium, the result 3-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sunderland are hosting Swindon Town in the League One only three days away.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Sunderland as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sunderland - Alexandra 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Wyke 19 goals |  O. Finney 7 goals | O. Dale 7 goals |
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Sunderland missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 39 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 44 |
| 37 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 93% |
| 77% | 87% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 76% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 53% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 52% |
| 20% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 64% | 45% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 10% |
| 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 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.4 | 14.1 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | 33% |
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals (24) in League One
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
- Sunderland has the the best goal difference (+16) away in League One
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Peterborough United | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | Hull City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 53 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 50 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 46 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 44 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 43 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 42 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 41 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 37 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -20 | 28 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -20 | 28 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 27 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -26 | 27 |
| 23 | Northampton Town | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 26 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -21 | 25 |