League One match prediction and preview for Fleetwood Town vs Crewe Alexandra clash

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League One table so far. Here's the Fleetwood Town - Crewe Alexandra latest:

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fleetwood Town and Crewe Alexandra.

Crewe Alexandra are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Fleetwood Town at their home stadium (Highbury Stadium) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Fleetwood lost their last game at Hull City (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rochdale.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fleetwood have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn six and lost one.

There will be little rest for Fleetwood after this match as they are travelling to Doncaster Rovers for a League One game in only four days.

Fleetwood Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fleetwood have conceded only 14 goals.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L10 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Alexandra are looking to quickly end their 340 minutes long goal drought in the League One.

Crewe Alexandra lost away at Wigan Athletic (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Portsmouth.

Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper Will Jääskeläinen had a great day against Wigan Athletic, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.

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: four wins for Alexandra, three draws and five defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crewe Alexandra as they have only managed to score 19 times from 20 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Crewe Alexandra - Fleetwood 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Fleetwood Town victories, three draws and one Crewe Alexandra win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FleetwoodC. Camps
C. Camps
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraM. Mandron
M. Mandron
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraO. Dale
O. Dale
8 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fleetwood Town Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 21 5 Played P 6 20 41
15 9 4 Won W 2 6 15
11 7 1 Drew D 1 4 10
15 5 0 Lost L 3 10 16
44 25 12 Scored S 6 19 47
35 14 3 Conceded C 8 29 56
85% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
54% 52% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 76%
27% 19% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 39%
15% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 17%
10% 10% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 15% 15%
39% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 46%
37% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 20% 24%
39% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 12.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.8 10.6
3.6 4.3 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 3.9
30% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 25% 29%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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