Fleetwood Town vs Crewe Alexandra match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Fleetwood Town - Crewe Alexandra: League One dungeon teams hungry for points and praise. Here are all the interesting numbers and facts before the match!

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest points (4) at home in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Fleetwood Town so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Fleetwood, who won 3-1 against Barrow.

Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Charlton Athletic (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Fleetwood perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fleetwood Town as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Fleetwood Town has won eight of these, drawn six and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Burton Albion are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Fleetwood in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the League One. Crewe Alexandra only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. It's three draws from Alexandra's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

O. Finney scored in Crewe Alexandra's previous match, the home game against Wigan Athletic that ended 2-0.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Cambridge United in the League One.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Crewe Alexandra in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Alexandra, three draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sunderland in just three days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Crewe Alexandra's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last eight meetings): Fleetwood won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Crewe Alexandra managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
4 goals
FleetwoodD. Andrew
D. Andrew
3 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
3 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Fleetwood Town Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 2 6 11
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
17 6 4 Scored S 1 3 9
18 7 4 Conceded C 3 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
70% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 18%
50% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
30% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
80% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
4.1 6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 3.8 4.1
4.7 5.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.8 5.9
2 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 12 11 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9 8.9
4 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.3 3.6
42% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 15% 22%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have yet to win a game away.
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fleetwood Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest points (4) at home in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town 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 Plymouth Argyle 12 6 5 1 19 11 7 4 3 0 11 5 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 23
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 7 2 2 18 12 5 5 0 0 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 23
3 Wigan Athletic 10 7 1 2 17 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 22
4 Sunderland 10 7 1 2 18 11 6 6 0 0 14 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 7 22
5 Rotherham United 11 6 2 3 16 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 7 20
6 Milton Keynes Dons 11 5 4 2 21 15 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 11 9 6 19
7 Oxford United 11 5 3 3 17 12 6 4 2 0 12 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 18
8 Bolton Wanderers 12 5 3 4 20 16 5 2 2 1 7 7 7 3 1 3 13 9 4 18
9 Sheffield Wednesday 11 5 3 3 11 9 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 18
10 Burton Albion 12 4 4 4 11 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 3 8 -3 16
11 Accrington Stanley 11 5 1 5 14 20 5 4 0 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 7 14 -6 16
12 Portsmouth 11 4 3 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 15
13 Morecambe 11 4 2 5 20 18 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 14
14 Ipswich Town 11 3 4 4 21 19 7 2 4 1 17 13 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 13
15 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 4 4 17 19 5 1 3 1 8 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 13
16 Cambridge United 10 3 4 3 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 13
17 Lincoln City 11 3 3 5 14 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 12
18 Cheltenham Town 11 3 3 5 11 20 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 13 -9 12
19 Gillingham 12 2 5 5 11 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 3 3 6 8 -6 11
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 4 4 17 18 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 11 11 -1 10
21 Charlton Athletic 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -6 9
22 Crewe Alexandra 11 1 5 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 8
23 Shrewsbury Town 12 2 2 8 9 18 6 2 1 3 6 9 6 0 1 5 3 9 -9 8
24 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 1 7 6 18 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 0 6 2 15 -12 7

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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.